As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2018February 6, 2019

RegistrationNo. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FormS-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.*

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 84-1060803

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77024

(281)899-4800

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

J. Matthew Vaughn

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77024

(281)(281) 899-4800

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

E. James Cowen

Adam K. Nalley

Porter Hedges LLP

1000 Main, 36th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: (713)226-6649

Telecopy: (713)228-1331

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   Accelerated filer 
Non-accelerated filer   Smaller reporting company 
   Emerging growth company 


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the ExchangeSecurities Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered(1)

 

Amount

to be
Registered (1)(2)

 

Proposed

Maximum
Offering Price

Per Share (3)

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price (3)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

 

Amount

to be

Registered

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price
per Unit

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

Debt Securities (2)

        

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 1,108,202 $15.04 $16,667,358 $2,021        

Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

        

Depositary Shares (3)

        

Warrants

        

Subscription Rights

        

Purchase Contracts

        

Units

        

Guarantees of theNon-Convertible Debt Securities (4)

        

Total

     $750,000,000(5) $90,900(6)(7)

1.(1)

RepresentsThe securities registered consist of $750,000,000 of an indeterminate number or amount of Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Subscription Rights, Purchase Contracts, Units and Guarantees, as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate prices. In no event will the aggregate initial maximum numberoffering price of shares offered by the selling security holder named inall securities issued from time to time pursuant to this registration statement.statement exceed $750,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies, foreign currency units or composite currencies. This registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of securities registered hereunder and listed in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table above as may be issued in exchange for, or upon conversion or exercise of, as the case may be, the securities registered hereunder and listed in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table above.

2.(2)

If any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, then the offering price of the Debt Securities shall be in such amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $750,000,000 less the offering price of any security previously issued hereunder.

(3)

Such indeterminate number of Depositary Shares to be evidenced by Depositary Receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement. In the event that the registrant elects to offer to the public fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock registered hereunder, Depositary Receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional interests and the shares of Preferred Stock will be issued to the depositary under the deposit agreement.

(4)

Subsidiaries of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. named asco-registrants may fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on an unsecured basis thenon-convertible debt securities of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Pursuant to Rule 416 under457(n) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also registers a currently indeterminate number of additional shares of our common stock that may be issuableno separate fee is payable in connection with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.Guarantees.

3.(5)

EstimatedThe proposed maximum aggregate offering price has been estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount ofcalculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933. The calculation

(6)

Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) of the proposed maximumSecurities Act of 1933.

(7)

This registration statement includes unsold Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Subscription Rights, Purchase Contracts, Units and Guarantees of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries named asco-registrants (the “Unsold Securities”) with an aggregate offering price of the common stock was based on the average$750,000,000 that were previously covered by registration statement no.333-213472 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) of the highSecurities Act, the $75,525 filing fee previously paid in connection with such Unsold Securities will continue to be applied to such Unsold Securities. As a result, a filing fee of $15,375 was paid in connection with the initial filing of this registration statement. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6), the offering of the Unsold Securities covered by the Prior Registration Statement will be deemed terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this registration statement. To the extent that that, after the filing date hereof and low price forprior to the common stock on December 17, 2018, as reported oneffectiveness of this registration statement, any Unsold Securities are sold pursuant to the NYSE.Prior Registration Statement, the registrant will identify in apre-effective amendment to this registration statement the updated amount of Unsold Securities from the Prior Registration Statement to be included in this registration statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6).

 

 

The registrantRegistrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrantRegistrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


*TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

The following subsidiaries of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. areco-registrants under this registration statement.

Name

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number

EWI LLC

Delaware90-0886680

Par Hawaii Refining, LLC

Hawaii99-0143882

Par Petroleum, LLC

Delaware46-2908645

Hermes Consolidated, LLC

Delaware45-2661399

HIE Retail, LLC

Hawaii90-1009461

Par Hawaii, Inc.

Hawaii26-0687490

McChord Pipeline Co.

Washington91-1729544

Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC

Delaware74-3124532

Par Hawaii Shared Services, LLC

Delaware32-0480695

Par New Mexico LLC

Delaware90-0887134

Par Pacific Hawaii Property Company, LLC

Delaware83-3373890

Par Petroleum Finance Corp.

Delaware82-3553173

Par Piceance Energy Equity LLC

Delaware90-0885169

Par Tacoma, LLC

Delaware46-5769211

Par Utah LLC

Delaware36-4742186

Par Washington LLC

Delaware90-0886057

Par Wyoming, LLC

Delaware81-2999705

Par Wyoming Holdings, LLC

Delaware38-4006401

Texadian Energy, Inc.

Delaware20-8617990

U.S. Oil & Refining Co.

Delaware91-0647317

USOT WA, LLC

Washington91-0647317

Wyoming Pipeline Company, LLC

Wyoming38-3860108

The address for each of theco-registrants is c/o Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., 825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77024, Telephone:(281) 899-4800.

The name and address, including zip code, of the agent for service for each of theco-registrants is J. Matthew Vaughn, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., 825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77024. The telephone number, including area code, of the agent for service for each of theco-registrants is(281) 899-4800.


The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securitiesWe may not be soldsell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 20, 2018FEBRUARY 6, 2019

PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

1,108,202 Shares of Common StockPAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.

$750,000,000

 

 

This prospectus relatesDebt Securities

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Depositary Shares

Warrants

Subscription Rights

Purchase Contracts

Units

Guarantees ofNon-Convertible Debt Securities

We may offer from time to the offer and resale by the selling security holder identified in this prospectus of 1,108,202time debt securities, shares of our common stock, (the “Consideration Shares”). The Consideration Shares were issued to the security holder as partial consideration forshares of our acquisitionpreferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, subscription rights, purchase contracts and units. Anynon-convertible debt securities we issue under this prospectus may be guaranteed by certain of the equity interests in Eagle Island, LLC in a private placement transaction in reliance upon an exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).our subsidiaries.

The selling security holder identified in this prospectus (which term as used in this prospectus includes its respective pledges, donees, transferees or othersuccessors-in-interest) may offer this common stock from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.

Although we will incur expenses in connection with the registrationaggregate initial offering price of the securities that we offer will not receive anyexceed $750,000,000. We will offer the securities in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of the proceeds from the sale of the shares ofoffering.

Our common stock byis quoted on the selling security holder.New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “PARR.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on February 5, 2019 was $16.66 per share.

In order to avoid an “ownership change” for federal income tax purposes, our certificate of incorporation prohibits any person from becoming a holder of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock, and restricts the ability of any holder of 5% or more of our common stock from disposing of or acquiring shares of our common stock without our consent, except under limited circumstances. Consequently, there are limitations on the acquisition of shares of common stock as described in this prospectus.

Our common stock is quoted onWe will provide the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) underspecific terms of the symbol “PARR.” The last reported sale price ofoffering in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest. This prospectus may not be used to offer and sell our common stock on December 19, 2018 was $14.42 per share.securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

 

AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES RISK. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY THEInvesting in our securities involves significant risks that are described in the “RISK FACTORSRisk Factors BEGINNING ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS BEFORE PURCHASING SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK.” section beginning on page 7 of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                , 20182019.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   Page 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

   2i 

RISK FACTORSPAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.

   51 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

   114 

USE OF PROCEEDS

12

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

13

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

15

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

17

LEGAL MATTERS

25

EXPERTS

25

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

   255 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

   266

RISK FACTORS

7

USE OF PROCEEDS

8

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

9

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

19

DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

28

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

30

DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

32

DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS

33

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

34

FORMS OF SECURITIES

35

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

37

LEGAL MATTERS

40

EXPERTS

40 

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About this ProspectusABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus forms ais part of a registration statement on FormS-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission (the “SEC”). The selling security holder, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell from time to timeany combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings.offerings up to a total dollar amount of $750 million. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the selling security holder sellsterms of the offering and the offered securities. This prospectus, together with applicable prospectus supplements, any information incorporated by reference, and any related free writing prospectuses we file with the Commission, includes all material information relating to these offerings and securities. We may also add, update or change in the prospectus supplement any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including without limitation, a discussion of any risk factors or other special considerations that apply to these offerings or securities or the selling security holder may be requiredspecific plan of distribution. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and a prospectus supplement or information incorporated by reference having a later date, you should rely on the information in that prospectus supplement or incorporated information having a later date. We urge you to provide youread carefully this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with this prospectus.the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference” and the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information,” before buying any of the securities being offered.

You should rely only on the information contained inwe have provided or incorporated by reference intoin this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus.

Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made under it implies that there has been no change in our affairs or that the information in this prospectus is correct as of any date after the date of

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this prospectus. You should assume that the information in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document and that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security.

The selling security holder is offeringregistration statement containing this prospectus, including exhibits to sell,the registration statement, provides additional information about us and seeking offersthe securities offered under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We have filed and plan to buy, sharescontinue to file other documents with the Commission that contain information about us and our business. Also, we will file legal documents that control the terms of common stock only in jurisdictions where offersthe securities offered by this prospectus as exhibits to the reports that we file with the Commission. The registration statement and sales are permitted.other reports can be read at the Commission website or at the Commission offices mentioned under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a numbersummaries of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Please read “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Industry and Market Data

The market data and certain other statistical informationprovisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference intoas exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus are based on independent industry publications, government publications or other published independent sources. Although we believe these third-party sources are reliableis a part, and that the information is accurate and complete, we have not independently verified the information nor have we ascertained the underlying economic or operational assumptions relied upon therein.you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARYPAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks discussed under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus, “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” beginning on page 11 and the other information incorporated by referenceAs used in this prospectus, which are described under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” beginning on page 26, before making an investment decision.

In this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “company”“Company” and “Par” refer tomean Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries.

The Companysubsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

We own, manage and maintain interests in energy and infrastructure businesses. Our strategy is to identify, acquire and operate energy and infrastructure companies with attractive competitive positions.

Our business is organized into three primary operating segments:

 

Refining—Our refineryrefineries in Kapolei, Hawaii, producesproduceultra-low sulfur diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, marine fuel, low sulfur fuel oil, and other associated refined products primarily for consumption in Hawaii. Our refinery in Newcastle, Wyoming, produces gasoline,ultra-low sulfur diesel, jet fuel, and other associated refined products that are primarily marketed in Wyoming and South Dakota. Our refinery in Tacoma, Washington produces distillate, gasoline, asphalt and other associated refined products primarily marketed to the Pacific and West Coast markets.

 

  

Retail—Our retail outlets in Hawaii sell gasoline, diesel, and retail merchandise throughout the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai. Our Hawaii retail network includes Hele and “76” branded retail sites, company-operated convenience stores,7-Eleven operated convenience stores, other sites operated by third parties, and unattended cardlock stations. We recently completed the rebranding of 2324 of our 34 company-operated convenience stores in Hawaii to “nomnom,” a new proprietary brand. Our retail outlets in Washington and Idaho sell gasoline, diesel, and retail merchandise and operate under the “Cenex®” and “Zip Trip®” brand names.

 

Logistics—We own and operate terminals, pipelines, a single-point mooring (“SPM”), and trucking operations to distribute refined products throughout the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Molokai, and Kauai. In addition, weWe also own and operate a crude oil pipeline gathering system, a refined products pipeline, storage facilities, and loading racks in Wyoming. We also ownWyoming and operate a jet fuel storage facility and pipeline that serve Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. In addition, in Washington, we own and operate a marine terminal, a unit train-capable rail loading terminal, storage facilities, a truck rack, and a proprietary pipeline that serves McChord Air Base.

We also own a 46.0% equity investment in Laramie Energy, LLC (“Laramie Energy”), a joint venture entity focused on producing natural gas in Garfield, Mesa and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado. We are not required to make any additional capital contributions to Laramie Energy.

Our refining, retail, and logistics segments were established through the acquisitions of Par Hawaii Refining, LLC (“PHR,” formerly Hawaii Independent Energy, LLC) and Par Hawaii, Inc. (“PHI,” formerly Koko’oha Investments, Inc.), which owns 100% of the outstanding membership interests of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC (“Mid Pac”). PHR was acquired from Andeavor (formerly Tesoro Corporation) on September 25, 2013 for approximately $75 million in cash, plus net working capital and inventories,earn-out payments of $27.3 million, and the funding of certainstart-up expenses and overhaul costs prior to closing. PHI was acquired on April 1, 2015 for cash consideration of approximately $74.4 million and the assumption of $45.3 million of debt.

On July 14, 2016, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding units representing the membership interests in Hermes Consolidated, LLC (d/b/a Wyoming Refining Company) and indirectly Wyoming Refining



Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Wyoming Pipeline Company, LLC (collectively, “Wyoming Refining” or “WRC”) (the “WRC Acquisition”). We paid cash consideration of $209.4 million and assumed debt consisting of term loans of $58.0 million and revolving loans of $10.1 million. The results of operations of Wyoming Refining are included in our refining and logistics segments effective July 14, 2016.



On March 23, 2018, weacquired twenty-one (21) and twelve (12) leased retail gasoline, convenience store facilities, all at various locations in Washington and Idaho (collectively, the “Northwest Retail Properties”). The Northwest Retail Properties operate under the “Cenex®” and “Zip Trip®” brand names. We acquired the Northwest Retail Properties for a purchase price of $70 million, plus the value of certain inventory at closing. In connection with the closing of the Northwest Retail Properties acquisition, the parties and their respective affiliates entered into a number of ancillary agreements, including a multi-year branded petroleum marketing agreement for the continued supply of Cenex-branded refined products by CHS Inc. to the Northwest Retail Properties and a multi-year supply agreement pursuant to which we supply refined products to CHS Inc. within the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest markets. The acquired stations represent the second largest branded retail position in Spokane.

On December 19, 2018, pursuant to the terms of a Topping Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2018 (the “Topping Unit Purchase Agreement”), among PHR, IES Downstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“IES”), Eagle Island, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company which was subsequently merged with and into PHR (“Eagle”), and, solely for certain purposes specified in the Topping Unit Purchase Agreement, us (the “Topping Unit Acquisition”), PHR acquired all of the limited liability company interests of Eagle, the owner of certain refining units and related assets located near our original refinery in Kapolei, Hawaii (the “Topping Units”). The purchase price for the Topping UnitsUnit Acquisition was $45 million, payable with $30 million in cash and 860,502 shares of the Consideration Shares.our common stock. The purchase price will be adjusted by the value of hydrocarbon and certain nonhydrocarbon inventory and for certain prorated expenses related to the ownership of the Topping Units and related assets as of the closing date, with the initial adjustment for the nonhydrocarbon inventory paid for by the issuance of 247,700 shares of the Consideration Shares.our common stock. We financed the cash portion of the purchase price for the Topping Unit Acquisition with cash on hand and financed working capital under our existing supply and offtake agreements.

In additionOn January 11, 2019, pursuant to the three operating segments described above, we have one additional reportable segment, Corporate and Other. Our Corporate and Other reportable segment includes administrative costs and several smallnon-operated oil and gas interests that were owned by our predecessor.

Recent Developments

Pending Acquisitionterms of U.S. Oil & Refining Co.

On November 26, 2018, our subsidiary Par Petroleum, LLC (“Par Petroleum”) entered into a purchase and sale agreement, dated as of November 26, 2018 (the “USOR Purchase Agreement” and, together with the Topping Unit Purchase Agreement, the “Acquisition Agreements”) withbetween our subsidiary Par Petroleum, LLC (“Par Petroleum”) and TrailStone NA Oil & Refining Holdings, LLC (the “Trailstone Seller”), pursuant to which, the Trailstone Seller agreed to sellPar Petroleum acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests in TrailStone NA Asset Finance I, LLC, which was subsequently renamed Par Tacoma, LLC (“Trailstone”), which owns U.S. Oil & Refining Co., to Par Petroleumfrom Trailstone Seller (the “USOR Acquisition” and together with the Topping Unit Acquisition, the “Acquisitions”)

. TrailStone owns U.S. Oil & Refining Co. (“USOR”). The USOR Acquisition includes a 42,000 bpd refinery, a marine terminal, a unit train-capable rail loading terminal, and 2.9 MMbbls of refined product and crude oil storage, which refinery and associated logistics assets are located in Tacoma, Washington (the “Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business”). The Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business is expected to significantly boost our mainland refining and logistics presence and is geographically and logistically well-positioned to source discounted Western Canadian and Bakken crudes and connects our existing assets in Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies.

The purchase price for the USOR Acquisition iswas $358 million, payable inwith approximately $321 million in cash (the “Cash Purchase Price”) and 2,363,776 shares (the “Base Shares”) of our common stock. The purchase



price will be adjusted by net working capital, the value of hydrocarbon inventory, reimbursable capital expenditures, closing indebtedness and transaction expenses. We may elect to decreasefinanced the Cash Purchase Price by an amount not to exceed approximately $113 million (the “Backstop Amount”) and to correspondingly increase, subject to a cap equal to 19.9% of our issued and outstanding common stock ascash portion of the datepurchase price with cash on hand, debt financing with Bank of theHawaii and a $250.0 million senior secured term loan facility with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner, sole syndication agent and as a lender thereunder. USOR Purchase Agreement, the number of Base Shares bywas a number of shares of our common stock, rounded upparty to the nearest whole share, equal to the dollar amount of the decreasean intermediation arrangement (the “USOR Intermediation Agreement”) that was amended and remained in the Cash Purchase Price divided by the lesser of (i) the product of (A) 0.95 and (B) the volume-weighted average price for one share of our common stock for the 10 trading days ending (but including) the trading day immediately prior to the date of the closing of the USOR Acquisition and (ii) the lowest of any net cash proceeds to us on a per share basis resulting from certain sales of our common stock during the period between the date of the USOR Purchase Agreement andplace at the closing of the USOR Acquisition. In connection with signing theThe USOR PurchaseIntermediation Agreement we paid Trailstone Sellerprovides anon-refundable fee equal to 3% of the Backstop Amount.

The closing of the USOR Acquisition is subject to certain closing conditions structured financing arrangement based on USOR’s crude oil and is expected to close in January 2019.

Debt Commitment Letterrefined products inventories and associated accounts receivables.

In connection with the entry into the USOR Purchase Agreement, we entered into a commitment letter with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, whereby Goldman Sachs agreed to act as the sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner and sole syndication agent in connection with a $275.0 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”), and committed to fund the entirety of such term loan facility as a lender thereunder, for the purpose of financing the USOR Acquisition, and subjectaddition to the termsthree operating segments described above, we have one additional reportable segment, Corporate and conditions set forth in the commitment letter.Other. Our Corporate and Other reportable segment includes administrative costs and several smallnon-operated oil and gas interests that were owned by our predecessor.



The funding of the Term Loan Facility provided for in the commitment letter is contingent on the satisfaction of customary conditions, including (i) the execution and delivery of definitive documentation with respect to the Term Loan Facility in accordance with the terms sets forth in the commitment letter, and (ii) the consummation of the USOR Acquisition in accordance with the USOR Purchase Agreement.

Risk Factors

An investment in our common stock is very risky. You should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page 5 of this prospectus before investing in our common stock.

Use of Proceeds

Although we will incur expenses in connection with the registration of the securities, we will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock by the selling security holder.

Principal Executive Offices and Additional Information

Our principal executive office isoffices are located at 825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77024. Our telephone number is (281)899-4800,899-4800. and ourOur website is located at www.parpacific.com. The informationInformation on our website or on any other website isdoes not constitute part of this prospectus and you should rely only on the information containednot be relied upon in this prospectusconnection with making any decision with respect to an investment in our securities. We are required to file annual, quarterly and in the documents incorporated herein by reference when making a decision as to whether to buy our common stock.



RISK FACTORS

Investing in shares of our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before investing, you should consider carefully the risks described below, together with thecurrent reports, proxy statements and other information contained in this prospectus, including the risk factors incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and other filings we make with the SEC. The risks and uncertainties we described belowOur filings with the SEC are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our operations. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, results of operations and financial condition could suffer, and you could lose your investment in us.

Risks Relatedavailable to the Acquisitions

The USOR Acquisition may not close as anticipated.

The USOR Acquisition is expected to close in January of 2019, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. If those conditions are not satisfied or waived, the USOR Acquisition will not be consummated. Certain of the conditions that remain to be satisfied with respect to the USOR Acquisition include, but are not limited to:

the continued accuracy of the representationspublic from commercial document retrieval services and warranties contained in the USOR Purchase Agreement;

the performance by each party of its obligations under the USOR Purchase Agreement;

the absence of any decree, order, injunction, ruling or judgment that prohibits the USOR Acquisition or makes the USOR Acquisition unlawful;

the absence of a material adverse effect with respect to Trailstone or us; and

the execution of certain agreements related to the consummation of the USOR Acquisition.

In addition, we and the Trailstone Seller can mutually agree to terminate the USOR Purchase Agreement without completing the USOR Acquisition. Further, under the terms of the USOR Purchase Agreement, we or the Trailstone Seller can unilaterally terminate the USOR Purchase Agreement without the other party’s agreement and without completing the transactions contemplated thereunder upon the occurrence of certain events.

We cannot assure you that the USOR Acquisition will close on our expected timeframe, or at all, or close without material adjustment.

We may fail to successfully integrate the Topping Units or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business with our existing business in a timely manner, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, or we may fail to realize all of the expected benefits of the Acquisitions, which could negatively impact our future results of operations.

Integration of the Topping Units and the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business with our existing business will be a complex, time-consuming and costly process. A failure to successfully integrate the Topping Units and the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business with our existing business in a timely manner may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. The difficulties of combining the Topping Units and Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business with our existing operations include, among other things:

the operational complexities associated with us operating the Topping Units and IES operating the related logistics assets as separate business operations when they were previously integrated as a single business operation;

integrating personnel from diverse business backgrounds and organizational cultures;

the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns;

difficulties in the assimilation of the assets and operations of the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business;

an inability to complete other internal growth projects and/or acquisitions;

difficulties integrating the Topping Units with our other assets in Hawaii;

managing relationships with new customers and suppliers for whom we have not previously provided products or services;

an increase in our indebtedness;

potential environmental or regulatory compliance matters or liabilities and title issues, including certain liabilities arising from the operation of the Topping Units before the Topping Units Acquisition or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business before the USOR Acquisition; and

coordinating geographically disparate organizations, systems and facilities.

If any of these risks or unanticipated liabilities or costs were to materialize, then any desired benefits of the Topping Units or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business, as applicable, may not be fully realized, if at all, and our future results of operations could be negatively impacted. In addition, the Topping Units or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business may actually perform at levels below the forecasts we used to evaluate the Topping Units and the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business, due to factors that are beyond our control. If the Topping Units or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business perform at levels below the forecasts we used to evaluate the Topping Units or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business, respectively, then our future results of operations could be negatively impacted.

Flaws in our ongoing due diligence in connection with the Acquisitions could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We conducted limited due diligence in connection with the Acquisitions prior to signing the Acquisition Agreements and are continuing to conduct due diligence during the period between the signing and closing of the USOR Acquisition. Intensive due diligence is time consuming and expensive due to the operations, accounting, finance and legal professionals who must be involved in the due diligence process and the fact that such efforts do not always lead to a consummated transaction. Diligence may not reveal all material issues that may affect the Topping Units, Trailstone or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business. In addition, factors outside of our control may later arise. If, during the diligence process, we fail to identify issues specific to the Topping Units, Trailstone or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business, we may be forced to later write down or write off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges that could result in other reporting losses. We cannot assure you that we will not have to take write-downs or write-offs in connection with the acquisitions of certain of the assets and assumption of certain liabilities of the Topping Units, Trailstone or the Pacific Northwest Refinery and Logistics Business, which could have a negative effect on our financial condition and results of operation following closing.

Financing the USOR Acquisition will substantially increase our outstanding indebtedness.

We intend to fund the USOR Acquisition with a combination of equity financing, a new secured term loan facility, and cash on hand. After giving effect to these transactions, including the payment of the USOR Acquisition purchase price and related expenses, we expect the principal amount of our outstanding indebtedness to increase from $415 million as of September 30, 2018 to approximately $665 million. This increase in our indebtedness may reduce our flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions or to fund capital expenditure or working capital needs because we will require additional funds to service our outstanding

indebtedness and may not be able to obtain additional financing. For a discussion about the risks posed by leverage generally and by the covenants in our existing debt agreements, please read our Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The volatility of crude oil prices and refined product prices and changes in the demand for such products, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or expected earnings or flows from the Acquisitions.

Expected earnings and cash flows from the Acquisitions depend on a number of factors, including to a large extent the cost of crude oil and other refinery feedstocks which has fluctuated significantly in recent years. While prices for refined products are influenced by the price of crude oil, the constantly changing margin between the price we pay for crude oil and other refinery feedstocks and the prices we receive for refined products (“crack spread”) also fluctuates significantly. These prices we pay and prices we receive depend on numerous factors beyond our control, including the global supply and demand for crude oil, gasoline and other refined products, which are subject to, among other things:

changes in the global economy and the level of foreign and domestic production of crude oil and refined products;

availability of crude oil and refined products and the infrastructure to transport crude oil and refined products;

local factors, including market conditions, the level of operations of other refineries in our markets and the volume and price of refined products imported;

threatened or actual terrorist incidents, acts of war and other global political conditions;

government regulations; and

weather conditions, hurricanes or other natural disasters.

In addition, we purchase our refinery feedstocks before manufacturing and selling the refined products. Price level changes during the period between purchasing feedstocks and selling the manufactured refined products from these feedstocks could have a significant impact on our financial results. We also purchase refined products manufactured by others for sale to our customers. Price level changes during the periods between purchasing and selling these refined products could also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Trailstone is particularly vulnerable to disruptions to our refining operations because its refining operations are concentrated in one facility.

Because all of Trailstone’s refining operations are concentrated in the Tacoma refinery, a significant disruption at the Tacoma facility could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The Tacoma refinery may require unscheduled down time for unanticipated maintenance or repairs that are more frequent than our scheduled turnarounds. Refinery operations may also be disrupted by external factors such as a suspension of feedstock deliveries or an interruption of electricity, natural gas, water treatment or other utilities. Other potentially disruptive factors include natural disasters, severe weather conditions, workplace or environmental accidents, interruptions of supply, work stoppages, losses of permits or authorizations or acts of terrorism. Disruptions to our refining operations could reduce our revenues during the period of time that our processing units are not operating.SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Risks Related to the Common Stock

Because we have no near term plans to pay cash dividends on our common stock, investors must look solely to stock appreciation for a return on their investment in us.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the near term. Any future determination as to the declaration and payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, results of operations, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, and other factors that our board of directors considers relevant.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our common stock or if our operating results do not meet their expectations, our stock price could decline.

The trading market for our common stock is influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline. Moreover, if one or more of the analysts who cover our company downgrades our common stock or if our operating results do not meet their expectations, our stock price could decline.

The price of our common stock historically has been volatile. This volatility may affect the price at which you could sell your common stock.

The market price for our common stock has varied between a high of $21.34 on August 30, 2018, and a low of $16.10 on November 12, 2018, during the twelve month period ended November 30, 2018. This volatility may affect the price at which you could sell your common stock. Our stock price is likely to continue to be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors; variations in our quarterly operating results from our expectations or those of securities analysts or investors; downward revisions in securities analysts’ estimates; and announcement by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments.

The market for our common stock has been historically illiquid, which may affect your ability to sell your shares.

The volume of trading in our common stock has historically been low. In addition, a substantial amount of our common stock is held by two investors who have restrictions on their ability to sell the stock. The lack of substantial liquidity can adversely affect the price of our stock at a time when you might want to sell your shares. There is no guarantee that an active trading market for our common stock will develop or be maintained on the NYSE, or that the volume of trading will be sufficient to allow for timely trades. Investors may not be able to sell their shares quickly or at the latest market price if trading in our stock is not active or if trading volume is limited. In addition, if trading volume in our common stock is limited, trades of relatively small numbers of shares may have a disproportionate effect on the market price of our common stock.

Delaware law, our charter documents and concentrated stock ownership may impede or discourage a takeover, which could reduce the market price of our common stock.

We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law impose various impediments to the ability of a third party to acquire control of us, even if a change in control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. For example, the change in ownership limitations contained in Article 11 of our


certificate of incorporation could have the effect of discouraging or impeding an unsolicited takeover proposal. In addition, our board of directors or a committee thereof has the power, without stockholder approval, to designate the terms of one or more series of preferred stock and issue shares of preferred stock. The ability of our board of directors or a committee thereof to create and issue a new series of preferred stock and certain provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could impede a merger, takeover, or other business combination involving us or discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer for our common stock, which, under certain circumstances, could reduce the market price of our common stock.

Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., BlackRock Inc. and Whitebox Advisors, LLC, together with their respective affiliates, each own or have the right to acquire as of December 1, 2018 approximately 28.4%, 10.0% and 7.6%, respectively, of our outstanding common stock. The level of their combined ownership of shares of our common stock could have the effect of discouraging or impeding an unsolicited acquisition proposal.

We may issue preferred stock with terms that could adversely affect the voting power or value of our common stock.

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes us to issue, without the approval of our stockholders, one or more classes or series of preferred stock having such designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including preferences over our common stock respecting dividends and distributions, as our board of directors may determine. The terms of one or more classes or series of preferred stock could adversely impact the voting power or value of our common stock. For example, we might grant holders of preferred stock the right to elect some number of our directors in all events or on the happening of specified events or the right to veto specified transactions. Similarly, the repurchase or redemption rights or liquidation preferences we might assign to holders of preferred stock could adversely affect the residual value of the common stock.

We expect to issue shares of our common stock in connection with the closing of our USOR Acquisition and we may issue shares of common stock in satisfaction of general unsecured claims from our predecessor’s bankruptcy that would dilute your ownership of our common stock.

We expect to issue shares of our common stock in connection with the closing of our USOR Acquisition, which amount could represent up to 19.9% of our issued and outstanding stock as of November 26, 2018. In addition, in December 2011 and January 2012, Delta Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and in March 2012, obtained approval from the bankruptcy court to proceed with a plan of reorganization. Pursuant to this plan, among other things, certain allowed general unsecured claims may be paid with shares of our common stock. As of September 30, 2018, two claims totaling approximately $22.4 million remain to be resolved and we have reserved approximately $0.5 million representing the estimated value of claims remaining to be settled which are deemed probable and estimable at period end. The settlement of claims is subject to ongoing litigation and we are unable to predict with certainty how many shares will be required to satisfy all claims. Pursuant to the plan of reorganization, allowed claims are settled at a ratio of 54.4 shares per $1,000 of claim. Any issuances by us of common stock in connection with our USOR Acquisition or to satisfy claims would have a dilutive impact on the ownership interest of existing common stockholders and could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Future sales of our common stock could reduce our stock price, and any additional capital raised by us through the sale of equity or convertible securities may dilute your ownership in us.

We are not restricted from issuing additional shares of common stock, including shares issuable pursuant to securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock. We have approximately 45.9 million shares of common stock outstanding as of December 1, 2018.

Subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions and the requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, shares of our common stock registered under our equity incentive plan are available for resale immediately in the public market without restriction. In addition, subject to the change in ownership limitations contained in Article 11 of our certificate of incorporation, up to 7,722,809 shares of our common stock registered under our registration statements on FormS-3, declared effective on November 30, 2016 and December 21, 2016, are available for resale immediately in the public market without restriction.

We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock or the effect, if any, that future issuances and sales of shares of our common stock will have on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares issued in connection with an acquisition), or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock


CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference herein may constitute “forward-looking” statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), or in releases made by the SEC, all as may be amended from time to time. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements of to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by, among other things, the use of forward-looking language, such as the words “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “seeks,” “scheduled to,” or other similar words, or the negative of these words or other variations of these words or comparable language, or by discussion of strategy or intentions. These cautionary statements are being made pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the PSLRA with the intention of obtaining the benefits of the “safe harbor” provisions of such laws. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements included in this prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference herein. Please read “Risk Factors” beginning on page 57 of this prospectus. The risk factors and other factors noted throughout this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate herein by reference are largely based on our expectations, which reflect estimates and assumptions made by our management. These estimates and assumptions reflect our best judgment based on currently known market conditions and other factors. Although we believe such estimates and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently uncertain and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are beyond our control. In addition, management’s assumptions about future events may prove to be inaccurate. All readers are cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate herein by reference are not guarantees of future performance, and we cannot assure any reader that such statements will be realized or that the forward-looking events and circumstances will occur. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements due to factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and elsewhere in the documents we incorporate herein by reference. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf.

USE OF PROCEEDSWHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

This prospectus forms a part of a registration statement on FormS-3 we filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information found in the registration statement. For further information regarding us and our securities, you may desire to review the full registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules, filed under the Securities Act, as well as our proxy statement, annual, quarterly and other reports and other information we file with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website on the Internet at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding companies that file electronically with the SEC. We will not receive any proceedsmaintain a website on the Internet at www.parpacific.com. Our registration statement, of which this prospectus constitutes a part, can be downloaded from the sale of sharesSEC’s website or from our website at www.parpacific.com. Information on the SEC website, our website or any other website is not incorporated by the selling security holder. The selling security holder namedreference in this prospectus will pay any underwriting fees, discounts and commissions, along with certaindoes not constitute part of the selling security holder’sout-of-pocket expenses, incurred in connection with their sale of shares registered under this prospectus. We will bear all other costs, fees and expenses incurred by us, or by the selling security holder, in effecting the registration, offer and sale of the shares covered by this prospectus.

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERSINCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following table sets forthrules of the SEC allow us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information relatingwe file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to that information. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:

Our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2018, and portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 29, 2018, incorporated by reference therein (FileNo. 001-36550);

Our Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q or Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2018, for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2018, and for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on November 7, 2018 and on February 4, 2019 (FileNo. 001-36550);

A description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form8-A, filed with the SEC on July 16, 2014 (FileNo. 001-36550); and

Our Current Reports on Form8-K or Form8-K/A, filed with the SEC on January 9, 2018, February 14, 2018, March 6, 2018, March 7, 2018, March 23, 2018, March 27, 2018, May 9, 2018, May 10, 2018, May 14, 2018, July 20, 2018, July 27, 2018, August 8, 2018 (two filings), August 30, 2018, November 7, 2018 (two filings), November 27, 2018, November 30, 2018, December 7, 2018, December 11, 2018, December 13, 2018, December 20, 2018, January 14, 2019 and February 1, 2019 (FileNo. 001-36550) (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or any corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01, of any such Current Report on Form8-K).

All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or any corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01, on any Current Report on Form8-K) after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the selling security holder’s beneficial ownership of our shares as of December 1, 2018. This prospectus covers the offering for resale from time to time of up to 1,108,202 shares owned by the selling security holder. The 1,108,202 shares were issued to the selling security holder at the closingeffectiveness of the Eagle Acquisition.

As used herein, the “selling security holder” includes any pledgees, donees, transferees or othersuccessors-in-interest selling shares received from the named selling security holderregistration statement and after the date of this prospectus.

No offer or saleprospectus and prior to the termination of each offering under this prospectus mayshall be madedeemed to be incorporated in this prospectus by reference and to be a stockholder unless that holder is listedpart hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in the table below, in a supplement to this prospectus or in an amendmenta document incorporated or deemed to the related registration statement that has become effective under the Securities Act. We will supplementbe incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or amendsuperseded for purposes of this prospectus to include additional selling security holders upon request and upon provisionthe extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of all required information to us, subjectthis prospectus.

This prospectus incorporates documents by reference that are not delivered with this prospectus. Copies of these documents, other than the exhibits to the terms of the Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement, as described under the “Description of Capital Stock – Registration Rights Agreements – Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement.”

The following table and related footnotes set forth:

the name of the selling security holder;

if different, the name of the natural person(s) who exercise(s) sole/shared voting and/documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents), are available upon written or investment power with respectoral request, at no charge, from us. Requests for such copies should be directed to the shares;Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., 825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77024, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone number: (281)899-4800.

the number of our shares beneficially owned by such selling securityholder prior to the offering;

the number being offered for the selling securityholder’s account; and

the number to be owned by the selling securityholder after completion of the offering (assuming the sale of all shares offered by this prospectus).

Unless otherwise indicated, the selling security holder is not a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act, or an affiliate of a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

We prepared the table based on information supplied to us by the selling security holder. We have not sought to verify such information. The percentages of shares beneficially owned and being offered are based on the number of shares that were outstanding as of December 1, 2018, unless otherwise stated in the footnotes to the table below. Additionally, the selling security holder may have sold or transferred some or all of their shares in exempt ornon-exempt transactions since such date. Other information about the selling security holder may also change over time.

Selling Security Holder

  Common Stock Beneficially
Owned Prior to Offering
  

Number of

Shares

Which May

be Sold in

This

Offering

   Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
After this Offering(3)
 
  Number   Percent   Number   Percent 

IES Downstream, LLC(1)

   1,108,202    2.4%(2)   1,108,202    0    0%(2) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

*

Less than one percent.

(1)

One Rock Capital Partners, LLC (“One Rock”), the investment manager of IES has voting power over the securities held by IES. The address of One Rock and IES is 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10112. Tony Lee and Scott Spielvogel are responsible for the supervision and conduct of all investment activities of One Rock. Each of IES, Tony Lee and Scott Spielvogel disclaim beneficial ownership over these Securities.

(2)

Based on 45,875,722 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 1, 2018.

(3)

Assumes that the selling security holder will sell all of the common stock offered pursuant to this prospectus.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTIONRISK FACTORS

The selling security holderAn investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors and all of the other information included in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus, including those risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, our Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018, and our subsequent Commission filings, in evaluating an investment in our securities. If any of its pledgees, donees, transfereesthese risks were to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our securities could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment. When we offer and sell any securities pursuant to a prospectus supplement, we may include additional risk factors relevant to such securities in the prospectus supplement.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement or any pricing supplement, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by us for general corporate purposes. These purposes may include capital expenditures, repayment or refinancing of indebtedness, acquisitions and repurchases and redemptions of securities. Pending any specific application, we may initially invest funds in short-term marketable securities or apply them to the reduction of indebtedness.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

Our debt securities, consisting of notes, debentures or othersuccessors-in-interest evidences of indebtedness, may be issued from time to time sell any or all of their shares of common stock offered by this prospectus on the NYSE or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed prices, the prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. The selling security holder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling such shares:series:

 

ordinary brokerage transactionsin the case of senior debt securities, under a senior indenture to be entered into among us, the guarantors of those securities, if any, and transactionsa trustee we will identify in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;a prospectus supplement; and

 

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attemptcase of subordinated debt securities, under a subordinated indenture to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

any exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

privately negotiated transactions;

settlement of short salesbe entered into afteramong us, the effective dateguarantors of those securities, if any, and a trustee we will identify in a prospectus supplement.

Any such senior indenture or subordinated indenture will be substantially in the form included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Because the following is only a summary of the indentures and the debt securities, it does not contain all information that you may find useful. For further information about the indentures and the debt securities, we urge you to read the indentures, the forms of securities, the applicable prospectus supplements and the applicable supplemental indentures.

As used in this section of the prospectus and under the captions “Description of Capital Stock,” “Description of Depositary Shares,” “Description of Warrants,” “Description of Subscription Rights,” “Description of Purchase Contracts,” and “Description of Units,” the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “Par” mean Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. only, and not the subsidiaries of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Description of Debt Securities have the meanings given to them in the aforementioned indentures.

Unless otherwise specified in a part;prospectus supplement, any debt securities we offer will be our direct, unsecured general obligations. The debt securities will be either senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities, either of which may be issued in registered or global form. The senior debt securities will rank equally with all of our other senior and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to certain of our senior debt. In general, this means that if we declare bankruptcy, holders of the senior debt securities and certain other senior debt will be paid in full before the holders of subordinated debt securities will receive any payment on theirsecurities. Non-convertible debt securities may be fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by some or all of our subsidiaries, other than “minor” subsidiaries as such term is interpreted in securities regulations governing financial reporting for guarantors.

We conduct substantially all of our operations through our subsidiaries. Consequently, our ability to repay our obligations, including our obligation to pay interest on the debt securities, to repay the principal amount of the debt securities at maturity or upon redemption, or to buy back the securities, depends to a certain extent upon our ability to receive cash flow from our subsidiaries. That is, we will depend upon our subsidiaries’ earnings and their distributions of those earnings to us, and upon our subsidiaries repayment of investments and advances we have made to them to meet our obligations under the debt securities and our other obligations. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and, except to the extent our subsidiaries guarantee thenon-convertible debt securities, have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due on the debt securities or to make funds available to us to do so.

Generally, the debt securities will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured indebtedness of our subsidiaries and us and to all existing and future indebtedness of allnon-guarantor subsidiaries. This means that our rights and the rights of our creditors, including the holders of our debt securities, to receive any of the cash or other assets of any subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise are necessarily subject to the superior claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except to the extent that we or our creditors may be recognized as creditors of the subsidiary. Our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends or make other payments or

advances to us will also depend upon their operating results and will be subject to applicable laws and contractual restrictions. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures do not limit our subsidiaries’ ability to enter into other agreements that prohibit or restrict dividends or other payments or advances to us.

The indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that can be issued. The debt securities may be issued in one or more series as we may authorize from time to time. A prospectus supplement and a supplemental indenture relating to the offering of a particular series of debt securities will set forth the specific terms of the offered debt securities.

These terms will include some or all of the following:

the title of the debt securities and whether they are subordinated debt securities or senior debt securities;

 

broker-dealers may agree withany limit on the selling security holder to sell a specified numberaggregate principal amount of such shares at a stipulated price per share;the debt securities;

 

through the writing or settlementability to issue additional debt securities of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;the same series;

 

a combinationthe price or prices at which we will sell the debt securities;

the maturity date or dates of the debt securities;

the rate or rates of interest, if any, which may be fixed or variable, at which the debt securities will bear interest, or the method of determining such rate or rates, if any;

the date or dates from which any interest will accrue or the method by which such date or dates will be determined;

in the case of discount debt securities, the rate of accretion of principal, which may be fixed or variable, or the method of determining such rate, and the date or dates from which principal will accrete or the method by which such date or dates will be determined;

the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of any such deferral period, including the maximum consecutive period during which interest payment periods may be extended;

the dates on which we will pay interest on the debt securities and the regular record date for determining who is entitled to the interest payable on any interest payment date;

the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the debt securities will be payable, where any securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, as applicable, and notices and demands may be delivered to or upon us pursuant to the indenture;

if we possess the option to do so, the periods within which and the prices at which we may redeem the debt securities, in whole or in part, pursuant to optional redemption provisions, and the other terms and conditions of any such provisions;

our obligation, if any, to redeem, repay or purchase debt securities by making periodic payments to a sinking fund or through an analogous provision or at the option of holders of the debt securities, and the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which we will redeem, repay or purchase the debt securities, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and the other terms and conditions of such obligation;

the denominations in which the debt securities will be issued, if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000;

whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the debt securities may be determined with reference to any index, formula or other method, such as one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices, and the manner of determining the amount of such payments;

the portion, or methods of sale;determining the portion, of the principal amount of the debt securities which we must pay upon the acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities in connection with an Event of Default (as described below), if other than the full principal amount;

provisions, if any, granting special rights to holders of the debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events;

any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or our covenants with respect to the applicable series of debt securities, and whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with those contained in the applicable indenture;

any limitation on our ability to incur debt, redeem stock, sell our assets or other restrictions;

the application, if any, of the terms of the indenture relating to legal defeasance and covenant defeasance (which terms are described below) to the debt securities;

whether the subordination provisions summarized below or different subordination provisions will apply to the debt securities;

the terms, if any, upon which the holders may convert or exchange (or upon which we may require the holders to convert or exchange) the debt securities into or for common stock, preferred stock or other securities or property of ours or of another person (or upon which such debt securities shall automatically convert or be exchanged into or for such other securities or property);

whether any of the debt securities will be issued in global form and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which global debt securities may be exchanged for certificated debt securities;

any change in the right of the trustee or the requisite holders of debt securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable because of an Event of Default;

the depository for global or certificated debt securities;

any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or other agents with respect to the debt securities;

to whom any interest on any debt security shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name the security is registered, on the record date for such interest, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global debt security will be paid if other than in the manner provided in the applicable indenture;

if the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities of the series is to be payable in one or more currencies or currency units other than as stated, the currency, currencies or currency units in which it shall be paid and the periods within and terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amounts payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

the collateral, if any, securing such debt securities, and the guarantors, if any, who will guarantee suchnon-convertible debt securities, or the methods of determining such collateral, if any, and such guarantors, if any;

the portion of the principal amount of any securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities pursuant to the applicable indenture if other than the entire principal amount;

if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of any debt security of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the stated maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such securities as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the stated maturity or which shall be deemed to be outstanding as of any date prior to the stated maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the indentures to such extent as shall be necessary to add any of our subsidiaries as aco-issuer of debt securities of an applicable series; and

any other terms of the debt securities not inconsistent with the provisions of the indentures, as amended or supplemented.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be issued in fully-registered form without coupons.

Debt securities may be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount, bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the federal income tax consequences and special considerations applicable to any such debt securities. The debt securities may also be issued as indexed securities or securities denominated in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies, as described in more detail in the prospectus supplement relating to any of the particular debt securities. The prospectus supplement relating to specific debt securities will also describe any special considerations and certain additional tax considerations applicable to such debt securities.

Subordination

The prospectus relating to any offering of subordinated debt securities will describe the specific subordination provisions. However, unless otherwise noted in the prospectus supplement, subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt on the terms set forth below:

Under the subordinated indenture, “Senior Debt” means all amounts due on obligations in connection with any of the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter incurred or created:

the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest due on our indebtedness for borrowed money and indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by us (including all mandatory obligations under repurchase agreements for the payment of the repurchase price for the securities purchased pursuant thereto);

any of our obligations as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles;

all of our obligations for the reimbursement on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction;

all of our obligations in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or options contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements;

all obligations of the types referred to above of other persons for the payment of which we are responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and

all obligations of the types referred to above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of ours (whether or not such obligation is assumed by us).

However, Senior Debt does not include:

any indebtedness which expressly provides that such indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities, or that such indebtedness shall be subordinated to any other of our indebtedness, unless such indebtedness expressly provides that such indebtedness shall be senior in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities;

any of our indebtedness in respect of the subordinated debt securities;

any indebtedness or liability for compensation to employees, for goods or materials purchased in the ordinary course of business or for services;

any of our indebtedness to any subsidiary; or

any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by us.

Senior Debt shall continue to be Senior Debt and be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Debt.

If we default in the payment of any principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Debt when it becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise, then, unless and until such default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, we will make no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, byset-off or otherwise but excluding payments in securities which are subordinate in right of payment to all then outstanding Senior Debt, or “Junior Securities”) in respect of the principal of or interest on the subordinated debt securities or in respect of any redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the subordinated debt securities.

In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of any subordinated debt securities, the holders of all senior debt securities outstanding at the time of such acceleration, subject to any security interest, will first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due on the senior debt securities before the holders of the subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the subordinated debt securities.

If any of the following events occur, we will pay in full all Senior Debt before we make any payment or distribution under the subordinated debt securities, whether in cash, securities or other property, to any holder of subordinated debt securities:

any dissolution orwinding-up or liquidation or reorganization of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (or relating to our property), whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership;

any general assignment by us for the benefit of creditors; or

 

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.marshaling of our assets or liabilities.

The selling security holder may also sell shares under Rule 144In such event, any payment or distribution under the Securities Act, if available, rather thansubordinated debt securities, whether in cash, securities or other property, which would otherwise (but for the subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the subordinated debt securities, will be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Debt in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior Debt has been paid in full. If any payment or distribution under this prospectus.

Broker-dealers engagedthe subordinated debt securities is received by the sellingtrustee of any subordinated debt securities in contravention of any of the terms of the subordinated indenture and before all the Senior Debt has been paid in full (other than permitted payments in Junior Securities), such payment or distribution or security holder may arrangewill be received in trust for other broker-dealersthe benefit of, and paid over or delivered and transferred to, participatethe holders of the Senior Debt at the time outstanding in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissionsaccordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Debt in full.

The subordinated indenture does not limit the issuance of additional Senior Debt.

Subsidiary Guarantees

If specified in the prospectus supplement, our guarantor subsidiaries will guarantee thenon-convertible debt securities of a series. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the following provisions will apply to the guarantees of the guarantor subsidiaries.

Subject to the limitations described below and in the prospectus supplement, the guarantor subsidiaries will, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantee the punctual payment when due, whether at the maturity date, by acceleration or discounts fromotherwise, of all our payment obligations under the selling security holder (or,indentures and thenon-convertible debt securities of a series, whether for principal of, premium, if any, broker-dealer actsor interest on thenon-convertible debt securities or otherwise. The guarantor subsidiaries will also pay all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the applicable trustee in enforcing any rights under a guarantee with respect to a guarantor subsidiary.

In the case of subordinatednon-convertible debt securities, a guarantee of a guarantor subsidiary will be subordinated in right of payment to the senior debt of such guarantor subsidiary on the same basis as agent for the purchasersubordinatednon-convertible debt securities are subordinated to our senior debt. No payment will be made by any guarantor subsidiary under its guarantee during any period in which payments by us on the subordinatednon-convertible debt securities are suspended by the subordination provisions of shares, from the purchaser)subordinated indenture.

Each guarantee of a guarantor subsidiary will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the relevant guarantor subsidiary without rendering such guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Each guarantee of a guarantor subsidiary will be a continuing guarantee and will:

remain in amountsfull force and effect until either (a) payment in full of all the applicablenon-convertible debt securities (or suchnon-convertible debt securities are otherwise satisfied and discharged in accordance with the provisions of the applicable indenture) or (b) released as described in the following paragraph;

be binding upon each guarantor subsidiary; and

inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the applicable trustee, the holders of thenon-convertible debt securities and their successors, transferees and assigns.

In the event that a guarantor subsidiary ceases to be negotiated, but,our subsidiary, or all or substantially all of the assets or all of the capital stock of any guarantor subsidiary is sold or disposed of, including by way of sale, merger, consolidation or otherwise, such guarantor subsidiary will be released and discharged of its obligations under its guarantee without any further action required on the part of the trustee or any holder of thenon-convertible debt securities, and no other person acquiring or owning the assets or capital stock of such guarantor subsidiary will be required to enter into a guarantee. If legal or covenant defeasance occurs with respect to thenon-convertible debt securities of any series, all the guarantor subsidiaries will be released and discharged from their obligations under their guarantees. In addition, the prospectus supplement may specify additional circumstances under which a guarantor subsidiary can be released from its guarantee.

Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets and Other Transactions

We may not merge with or into or consolidate with another entity or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of our properties and assets to, any other entity other than a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ours, and no entity may merge with or into or consolidate with us or, except for any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ours, sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to us, unless:

we are the surviving corporation or the entity formed by or surviving such merger or consolidation or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance has been made, if other than us, has expressly assumed by supplemental indenture all of our obligations under the applicable indenture;

immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

we deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the supplemental indenture complies with the applicable indenture.

Events of Default, Notice and Waiver

Unless an accompanying prospectus supplement states otherwise, the following shall constitute “Events of Default” under the indentures with respect to each series of debt securities:

our failure to pay any interest on any debt security of such series when due and payable, continued for 30 days;

our failure to pay principal (or premium, if any) on any debt security of such series when due, regardless of whether such payment became due because of maturity, redemption, acceleration or otherwise, or is required by any sinking fund established with respect to such series;

our failure to observe or perform any other of our covenants or agreements with respect to such debt securities for 90 days after we receive notice of such failure;

certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.; and

any other Event of Default provided with respect to securities of that series.

If an Event of Default with respect to any debt securities of any series outstanding under an indenture shall occur and be continuing, the trustee under such indenture or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series outstanding may declare, by notice as set forthprovided in a supplementthe applicable indenture, the principal amount (or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the debt securities of that series) of all the debt securities of that series outstanding to this prospectus,be due and payable immediately.

However, in the case of any agency transaction notan Event of Default involving certain events in excessbankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, acceleration is automatic. After such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the holders of a customary brokerage commissionmajority in complianceaggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived. Upon the acceleration of the maturity of original issue discount securities, an amount less than the principal amount thereof will become due and payable. Please read the prospectus supplement relating to any original issue discount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of maturity thereof.

Any past default under either indenture with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2121 (“Rule 2121”),respect to debt securities of any series, and any Event of Default arising therefrom, may be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of all debt securities of such series outstanding under such indenture, except in the case of (i) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any debt securities of such series or (ii) default in respect of a covenant or provision which may not be amended or modified without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security of such series affected.

The trustee is required within 90 days after the occurrence of a default (which is known to the trustee and is continuing), with respect to the debt securities of any series (without regard to any grace period or notice requirements), to give to the holders of the debt securities of such series notice of such default.

The trustee, subject to its duties during default to act with the required standard of care, may require indemnification by the holders of the debt securities of any series with respect to which a default has occurred before proceeding to exercise any right or power under the indentures at the request of the holders of the debt securities of such series. Subject to such right of indemnification and to certain other limitations, the holders of a majority in principal transactionamount of the outstanding debt securities of any series under either indenture may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any

trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities of such series, provided that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with the applicable indenture and the trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

No holder of a markupdebt security of any series may institute any action against us under either of the indentures (except actions for payment of overdue principal of (and premium, if any) or markdowninterest on such debt security or for the conversion or exchange of such debt security in accordance with its terms) unless:

an Event of Default has occurred and the holder has given to the trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the debt securities of such series specifying an Event of Default, as required under the applicable indenture;

the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series then outstanding under such indenture shall have requested the trustee to institute such action and offered to the trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with Rule 2121.such request;

the trustee shall not have instituted such action within 60 days of such request; and

no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the trustee during such60-day period by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of that series.

We are required to furnish annually to the trustee statements as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under each indenture.

In connectionDischarge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

As set forth below, we may discharge or defease our obligations under the indentures, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We may discharge certain obligations to holders of any series of debt securities issued under either the senior indenture or the subordinated indenture which have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and which have either become due and payable or are by their terms due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the saletrustee money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such debt securities not previously delivered to the trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of debt securities which have become due and payable) or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and we have paid all other sums payable under the applicable indenture.

If indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may elect either (i) to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the debt securities of or within any series (except as otherwise provided in the relevant indenture) (“legal defeasance”) or (ii) to be released from our obligations with respect to certain covenants applicable to the debt securities of or within any series (“covenant defeasance”), upon the deposit with the relevant indenture trustee, in trust for such purpose, of money and/or government obligations which through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such debt securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon. As a condition to legal defeasance or covenant defeasance, we must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of such debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. Such opinion of counsel, in the case of legal defeasance under clause (i) above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the common stockInternal Revenue Service or interests therein,a change in applicable federal income tax law occurring after the selling security holder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short salesdate of the common stockrelevant indenture. In addition, in the coursecase of hedgingeither legal

defeasance or covenant defeasance, we shall have delivered to the positions they assume. The selling security holdertrustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance have been complied with.

We may exercise our legal defeasance option with respect to such debt securities notwithstanding our prior exercise of our covenant defeasance option.

Modification and Waiver

Under each indenture, we and the applicable trustee may supplement the indenture for certain purposes which would not materially adversely affect the interests or rights of the holders of debt securities of a series without the consent of those holders. We and the applicable trustee may also sell common stock shortmodify the indenture or any supplemental indenture in a manner that affects the interests or rights of the holders of debt securities with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each affected series issued under the indenture. However, each indenture requires the consent of each holder of debt securities that would be affected by any modification which would:

change the fixed maturity of any debt securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof;

reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount debt security or any other debt security payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

change the currency in which any debt security or any premium or interest is payable;

impair the right to enforce any payment on or with respect to any debt security;

reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of the indenture or for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or for waiver of certain defaults; or

modify any of the above provisions.

Each indenture permits the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series issued under the indenture which is affected by the modification or amendment to waive our compliance with certain covenants contained in the indenture.

Payment and deliver thesePaying Agent

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement:

payment of interest on a debt security on any interest payment date will be made to the person in whose name a debt security is registered at the close of business on the record date for the interest;

principal, interest and premium on the debt securities of a particular series will be payable at the office of such paying agent or paying agents as we may designate for such purpose from time to close out its short positions,time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at our option, payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address appears in the security register;

a paying agent designated by us will act as paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of each series. All paying agents initially designated by us for the debt securities of a particular series will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may at any time designate additional paying agents or loanrescind the designation of any paying agent or pledgeapprove a change in the common stockoffice through which any paying agent acts, except that we will be required to broker-dealers thatmaintain a paying agent in turneach place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series; and

all monies paid by us to a paying agent for the payment of the principal, interest or premium on any debt security which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, interest or premium has become due and payable will be repaid to us upon request, and the holder of such debt security thereafter may sell these securities. The selling security holder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation oflook only to us for payment thereof.

Denominations, Registrations and Transfer

Unless an accompanying prospectus supplement states otherwise, debt securities will be represented by one or more derivativeglobal certificates registered in the name of a nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or DTC. In such case, each holder’s beneficial interest in the global securities will be shown on the records of DTC or one of its participants and transfers of beneficial interests will only be effected through DTC’s or such participant’s records.

A holder of debt securities may only exchange a beneficial interest in a global security for certificated securities registered in the holder’s name if:

DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue serving as the depositary for the relevant global securities or DTC ceases to maintain certain qualifications under the Exchange Act and no successor depositary has been appointed for 90 days; or

we determine in our sole discretion, that the global security shall be exchangeable.

If debt securities are issued in certificated form, they will only be issued in the minimum denomination specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement and integral multiples of such denomination. Transfers and exchanges of such debt securities will only be permitted in such minimum denomination. Transfers of debt securities in certificated form may be registered at the trustee’s corporate office or at the offices of any paying agent or trustee appointed by us under the applicable indenture. Exchanges of debt securities for an equal aggregate principal amount of debt securities in different denominations may also be made at such locations.

Governing Law

Each indenture and debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.

Trustee

Wilmington Trust, National Association will be the trustee under any senior debt securities indenture. Wilmington Trust, National Association or another trustee may be appointed trustee under any subordinated debt securities indenture.

Conversion or Exchange Rights

The prospectus supplement will describe the terms, if any, on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock, preferred stock or other debt securities. These terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at our option. These provisions may allow or require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institutionnumber of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling security holder has been advised that it may not use shares registered on the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part to cover short sales of our common stock made prioror other securities to the date such registration statement has been declared effectivebe received by the SEC.

The selling security holder may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or allholders of the sharessuch series of common stock owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees

or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of selling security holders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling security holders under this prospectus. The selling security holder also may transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

The selling security holder and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may, under certain circumstances, be deemeddebt securities to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The selling security holder has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the common stock by the selling security holder.

Because the selling security holder may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling security holder will be responsible for complying with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder promulgated, as applicable to the selling security holder in connection with resales of its shares under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. These provisions and regulations may limit the timing of purchases and sales of common stock by it and the marketability of such securities.

We agreed to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part effective until the earliest to occur of (i) the disposition of all of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus, (ii) the availability under Rule 144 for each holder of such shares to immediately freely resell such shares without notice, current information, manner of sale or volume restrictions or (iii) the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement. The shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

The selling security holder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling security holder and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling security holder and have informed it of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that the selling security holder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling security holder against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement. We may be indemnified by the selling security holder against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling security holder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement.adjusted.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

As of December 1,31, 2018, our authorized capital consisted of 500,000,000 shares of voting common stock, of which approximately 45.947.0 million shares were issued and outstanding, and 3,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, none of which were outstanding.

In the discussion that follows, we have summarized selected provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and stockholders agreement, as well as the Warrant Issuance Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement (each as defined below) relating to our capital stock, as well as the registration rights agreement (the “Convertible Notes Registration Rights Agreement”) with respect to the issuance (the “Convertible Notes Offering”) of our 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2021 (the “Convertible Notes”), the registration rights agreement (the “Bridge Notes Registration Rights Agreement”) with respect to the issuance of the 2.50% convertible subordinated bridge notes on September 23, 2016 (the “Bridge Notes”) and, the registration rights agreement with respect to the Topping Unit Acquisition (the “Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement”), and the registration rights agreement with respect to the USOR Acquisition (the “USOR Registration Rights Agreement”). You should read our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, stockholders agreement, Warrant Issuance Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Convertible Notes Registration Rights Agreement, Bridge Notes Registration Rights Agreement, and Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement and USOR Registration Rights Agreement as currently in effect for more details regarding the provisions we describe below and for other provisions that may be important to you. We have filed copies of those documents with the SEC, and they are incorporated by reference herein. Please read “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Common Stock

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share in the election of directors and on all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Such holders do not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors. Holders of our common stock have no redemption or conversion rights, no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for our securities and are not entitled to the benefits of any sinking fund provisions. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution orwinding-up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share equally and ratably in all of the assets remaining, if any, after satisfaction of all our debts and liabilities, and of the preferential rights of any series of preferred stock then outstanding. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding preferred stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the BoardCompany’s board of directors (the “Board”) out of funds legally available therefor.

Our certificate of incorporation contains restrictions on the transfer of the Company Securities (as defined therein, and which includes our common stock) by holders who are, or would become as a result of such transfer, a holder of at least 5% of our common stock (a “5% Shareholder”). Such restrictions were put in place in order to preserve our net operating loss carryovers, capital loss carryovers, general business credit carryovers, alternative minimum tax credit carryovers and foreign tax credit carryovers, as well as any “net unrealizedbuilt-in loss” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

On November 10, 2014, as permitted by the terms of Article 11 of our certificate of incorporation, we entered into the Allocation Agreement with ZCOF,Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. (“ZCOF”), ZCOF Par Petroleum Holdings, L.L.C. and Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, L.P. to reallocate the proportionate amount of our common stock that the 5% Shareholders are permitted to transfer among our remaining 5% Shareholders. In accordance with Article 11 of our certificate of incorporation, the Board has approved, on a prospective basis, one or more Transfers (as defined in our certificate of incorporation) of shares of our common stock by the remaining 5% Shareholders up to the new allocation amounts included on a schedule to the Allocation Agreement.

Warrants

On August 31, 2012, pursuant to the terms of a warrant issuance agreement (the “Warrant Issuance Agreement”), we issued warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 959,213 shares (the

“Warrant Shares”) of our common stock. The holders of the Warrants are entitled to purchase Warrant Shares at an exercise price of $0.09 per share, subject to certain adjustments from time to time. The Warrants expire on the earlier of August 31, 2022 or the occurrence of certain merger or consolidation transactions. At September 30,December 31, 2018, Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 354,350 Warrant Shares were outstanding.

The number of shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the exercise prices of the Warrants will be adjusted in connection with certain issuances or sales of shares of our common stock and convertible securities, or any subdivision, reclassification or combinations of common stock, as set forth in the Warrant Issuance Agreement. Additionally, in the case of any reclassification or capital reorganization of our capital stock, the holder of each Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of such reclassification or reorganization shall have the right to receive upon exercise of the applicable Warrant, the kind and amount of stock, other securities, cash or other property that such holder would have received if such Warrant had been exercised.

Preferred Stock

The Board is authorized to establish one or more series of preferred stock and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred stock, the powers, designation, preferences and rights of each series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each series, including:

 

the designation of the series and the number of shares to constitute the series;

 

the dividend rate of the series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative;

 

whether the shares of the series shall be subject to redemption by the Company and, if made subject to such redemption, the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption;

 

the terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares of the series;

 

whether or not the shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of stock of the Company, and, if provision be made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

 

the extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of the series shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or otherwise;

 

the restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional preferred stock; and

 

rights of the holders of the shares of the series upon the dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Company.

The prospectus supplement relating to any series of preferred stock we offer will include specific terms relating to the offering. The description of the terms of the preferred stock to be set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement will not be complete and will be subject to and qualified by the certificate of designation relating to the applicable series of preferred stock. You should read that document for provisions that may be important to you. We will include that document as an exhibit to a filing with the Commission in connection with an offering of preferred stock.

The authorized shares of preferred stock, as well as shares of common stock, are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless stockholder action is required by the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities are listed or traded. If the approval of our stockholders is not required for the issuance of shares of preferred stock or common stock, the Board may determine not to seek stockholder approval.

Although the Board has no intention at the present time of doing so, it could issue a series of preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of that series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt. The Board will make any determination to issue shares based on its judgment as to our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. The Board, in so acting, could issue preferred stock having terms that could discourage an acquisition attempt, including a tender offer or other transaction that some, or a majority of, our stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or that might result in stockholders receiving a premium for their stock over the then current market price of the stock.

Anti-Takeover Provisions

As noted above, because our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, stockholders holding a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding will be able to elect all of our directors. Our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws provide that only the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, or any officer upon the written request of a majority of the Board, may call a special meeting of the stockholders.

Our certificate of incorporation requires a 66 2/3% stockholder vote for the amendment or repeal of certain provisions of the certificate of incorporation relating to the liability of directors, indemnification of officers and directors, and the transfer restrictions noted above. Our bylaws require a 66 2/3% stockholder vote for the amendment or repeal of certain provisions of the bylaws. The combination of the lack of cumulative voting and the 66 2/3% stockholder voting requirements will make it more difficult for existing stockholders to replace the Board as well as for another party to obtain control of us by replacing the Board. Because the Board has the power to retain and discharge our officers, these provisions could also make it more difficult for existing stockholders or another party to effect a change in management. In addition, the authorization of undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for the Board to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to change control of us.

These provisions may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of us. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continued stability in the composition of the Board and its policies and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened acquisition of us. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal. The provisions also are intended to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in our management.

As noted above, our certificate of incorporation contains restrictions on the transfer of Company Securities by holders who are, or would become as a result of such transfer, 5% Shareholders. These restrictions on transfer may have the effect of preserving effective control of us by our principal stockholders and preserving the tenure of the board of directors and management.

In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, with the following exceptions:

 

before such date, the Board of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested holder;

 

upon completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction began, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

on or after such date, the business combination is approved by the Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

In general, Section 203 of the DGCL defines business combination to include the following:

 

any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

 

subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 

any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or

 

the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loss, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits by or through the corporation.

In general, Section 203 of the DGCL defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation.

Stockholders Agreement

We entered into a stockholders agreement in April 2015 for the benefit of the holders of any of our securities entitled to vote for members of the Board providing that in the event that we are no longer required to file annual and quarterly reports with the SEC, we will provide, as soon as reasonably practicable, comparable audited reports on an annual basis, unaudited reports on a quarterly basis (which annual and quarterly reports shall contain substantially similar descriptions of business and management discussion and analysis provisions as are then required to be included in relevant filings with the SEC), and earnings releases on a quarterly basis, made available to such holders through a secure website and subject to a standard click-through access and confidentiality agreement.

Registration Rights Agreements

Registration Rights Agreement

The company and certain of our stockholders (the “Rights Holders”), including affiliates of ZCOF and Whitebox Advisors, LLC (“Whitebox”), are parties to a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) providing the Rights Holders with certain registration rights.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, among other things, any Rights Holder or group of Rights Holders that, together with its or their affiliates, holds more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Registrable Shares (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), will have the right to require the Company to file with the SEC, a registration statement on FormS-1 orS-3, or any other appropriate form under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act for a public offering of all or part of its Registrable Shares (a “Demand Registration”) by delivery of written notice to the Company, or a demand request.

Within 90 days after receiving the demand request, we are required to file with the SEC the registration statement, on any form for which we then qualify and which is available for the sale of the Registrable Shares in

accordance with the intended methods of distribution thereof, with respect to the demand registration. We are required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after such filing. We will not be obligated (i) to effect a demand registration within ninety (90) days after the effective date of a previous demand registration, other than for a shelf registration, or (ii) to effect a demand registration unless the demand request is for a number of Registrable Shares with an expected market value that is equal to at least (x) $15 million as of the date of such demand request or is for one hundred percent of the demanding holders of Registrable Shares with respect to any demand registration made on FormS-1 or (y) $5 million as of the date of such demand request with respect to any demand registration made on FormS-3.

Upon receipt of any demand request, we are required to give written notice, within ten (10) days of such demand request, to all other holders of Registrable Shares, who will have the right to elect to include in any subsequent demand registration such portion of their Registrable Shares as they may request, subject to certain exceptions.

In addition, subject to certain exceptions, if we propose to register any class of our common stock for sale to the public, we are required, subject to certain conditions, to include all Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion.

The rights of a holder of Registrable Shares may be transferred, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any transferee or assignee of such Registrable Shares, subject to applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations and our certificate of incorporation. We will be responsible for expenses relating to the registrations contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.

The registration rights granted in the Registration Rights Agreement are subject to customary indemnification and contribution provisions, as well as customary restrictions such as suspension periods and, if a registration is for an underwritten offering, limitations on the number of shares to be included in the underwritten offering imposed by the managing underwriter.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, a registration statement relating to resales by affiliates of ZCOF and Whitebox of the shares received by them in connection with our emergence from bankruptcy on August 31, 2012 was declared effective by the SEC on June 23, 2015.

Convertible Notes Offering Registration Rights

In connection with the closing of the Convertible Notes Offering, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers under which we agreed for the benefit of the holders of the Convertible Notes and any shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes or in respect of any make-whole premium that we will, at our cost:

 

file a shelf registration statement (which shall be an automatic shelf registration statement if we are then a well-known seasoned issuer (“WKSI”)) with the SEC as soon as practicable following the first date of original issuance of the Convertible Notes and in any event on or prior to the 90th day after the first date of original issuance of the Convertible Notes, covering resales of any shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and in respect of any make-whole premium;

 

if we are not a WKSI on such 90th day, use our best efforts to cause the shelf registration statement to become effective within 180 days after the first date of original issuance of the Convertible Notes; and

 

use our best efforts to keep the shelf registration statement effective until the earlier of (1) the 120th calendar day immediately following the maturity date or (2) the date on which there are no longer outstanding any Convertible Notes or “restricted” (within the meaning of Rule 144) shares of our common stock that have been received upon conversion of the Convertible Notes or in respect of any make-whole premium.

The registration statement required by the terms of the Convertible Notes Registration Rights Agreement was declared effective by the SEC on November 30, 2016.

We may suspend the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement or the use of the prospectus that is part of the shelf registration statement during specified periods under certain circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the SEC and similar events. We need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to a suspension in any suspension notice to holders of the Convertible Notes. Each holder, by its acceptance of the Convertible Notes, agrees to hold any such suspension notice in response to a notice of a

proposed sale in confidence. Except in the case of a suspension period as the result of the filing of a post-effective amendment solely to add additional selling security holders, any suspension period may not exceed an aggregate of:

 

30 days in any90-day period; or

 

60 days in any360-day period.

However, if the disclosure relates to a proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which the Board determines in good faith would be reasonably likely to impede our ability to consummate such transaction, or would otherwise be seriously detrimental to us and our subsidiaries taken as a whole, we may extend the suspension period from 30 days to 45 days in any90-day period or from 60 days to 90 days in any360-day period.

Each of the following is a registration default:

 

the registration statement has not been filed (and become effective upon such filing if we are then a WKSI) prior to or on the 90th day following the first date of original issuance of the Convertible Notes;

 

if we are not a WKSI on such 90th day, the registration statement has not been declared effective prior to or on the 180th day following the first date of original issuance of the Convertible Notes;

 

we have not, through our omission, named as a selling securityholder in the prospectus, a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment a holder who has supplied the questionnaire described below and who is entitled to be so named as a selling securityholder within the required time periods as described below; or

 

at any time after the effectiveness date, the registration statement ceases to be effective or is not usable and (1) we do not cure the lapse of effectiveness or usability within ten business days by a post-effective amendment, prospectus supplement or report filed under the Exchange Act (other than (a) in the case of a suspension period described in the preceding paragraph or (b) in the case of a suspension of the registration statement as the result of the filing of a post-effective amendment solely to add additional selling securityholders), (2) a suspension period, when aggregated with other suspension periods during the prior90-day period, continues, unterminated, for more than 30 days or, if applicable, 45 days or (3) a suspension period, when aggregated with other suspension periods during the prior360-day period, continues, unterminated, for more than 60 days or, if applicable, 90 days.

If a registration default occurs, predetermined liquidated damages will accrue on the Convertible Notes, from, and including, the day following such registration default to, but excluding, the earlier of (1) the day on which such registration default has been cured and (2) the date the registration statement is no longer required to be kept effective for our common stock. The liquidated damages will be paid to those entitled to interest payments on such dates semiannually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15 and will accrue at a rate per year equal to:

 

0.25% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to, and including, the 90th day following such registration default; and

 

0.50% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes from, and after, the 91st day following such registration default.

We will not pay liquidated damages on any Convertible Note after it has been converted into shares of our common stock. If a Convertible Note ceases to be outstanding during a registration default (as a result of the holder exercising its conversion rights or otherwise), we will prorate the liquidated damages to be paid with respect to that Convertible Note.

In no event will liquidated damages exceed 0.50% per year. If a holder converts some or all of its Convertible Notes and we issue any shares of our common stock to satisfy all or any portion of our conversion

obligation or if we issue any shares of our common stock in respect of any make-whole premium, in each case, when there exists a registration default, such holder will not be entitled to receive liquidated damages on such common stock, and we will instead increase the conversion rate or the amount of such make-whole premium, as the case may be, by 3% for each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes. If a registration default occurs after a holder has converted its Convertible Notes into shares of our common stock or after we have issued shares of our common stock in respect of any make-whole premium, such holder will not be entitled to any compensation with respect to such common stock. Other than our obligations to pay liquidated damages, we will not have any liability for damages with respect to a registration default on any registrable securities.

A holder who elects to sell securities under the shelf registration statement will:

 

be required to be named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus;

 

be required to deliver a prospectus to purchasers;

 

be subject to the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with any sales; and

 

be subject to the provisions of the registration rights agreement, including indemnification provisions.

Under the registration rights agreement, we will:

 

pay all expenses of the shelf registration statement;

 

provide each registered holder with copies of the prospectus;

 

notify holders when the shelf registration statement has become effective; and

 

take other reasonable actions as are required to permit unrestricted resales of shares of our common stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes or in respect of any make-whole premium in accordance with the terms and conditions of the registration rights agreement.

Bridge Notes Registration Rights

In connection with the issuance of the Bridge Notes, we entered into the Bridge Notes Registration Rights Agreement with the purchasers of the Bridge Notes (the “Bridge Notes Purchasers”). The Bridge Notes Registration Rights Agreement required us (i) to file, no later November 11, 2016, with the SEC a shelf registration statement covering resales of the shares of our common stock, if any, issuable upon (1) conversion of the Bridge Notes, (2) exercise of subscription rights by any Bridge Note Purchaser or its affiliates pursuant to our 2016 subscription rights offering, and (3) a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with any combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization, other than shares freely tradeable without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act, (ii) to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC no later than (A) January 6, 2017 or (B) if earlier, five business days after the date on which the SEC informs us that it will not review the shelf registration statement, and (iii) to use our commercially reasonable efforts to keep such shelf registration statement effective until the earlier of (A) the date on which all of such shares have been sold, (B) the date on which such shares may be sold without volume restrictions under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or (C) the third anniversary of the effective date of such shelf registration statement.

If we do not fulfill our obligations under the Bridge Notes Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the filing deadline, effectiveness deadline or effectiveness period of a registration statement, we will be required to

pay the holders of the Bridge Notes liquidated damages in an amount in cash equal to 1.00% of such holder’s “Allocated Purchase Price,” which is the amount effectively paid by such holder for the common stock acquired upon conversion of the Bridge Notes, per calendar month or portion thereof prior to the cure of such event of default. The maximum payment of liquidated damages to any such holder associated with all events of default will not exceed 5.00% of such holder’s Allocated Purchase Price.

The registration statement required by the terms of the Bridge Notes Registration Rights Agreement was declared effective by the SEC on December 21, 2016.

Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Topping Unit Acquisition, we entered into a registration rights agreement with IES (the “Toppingthe Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement”).Agreement with IES. Under the Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to file with the SEC within three (3) days after the closing date of the Topping Unit Acquisition and to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective a registration statement relating to the Consideration Shares,resales of the common stock issued in connection with the Topping Unit Acquisition (the “Topping Unit Shares”), with an effectiveness deadline as promptly as practicable after filing of thisthe prospectus relating to the registration statement, but in no event later than (x) ninety (90) days after the closing of the Topping Unit Acquisition, or (y) if earlier, three (3) business days after the date on which the SEC informs us (I) that the SEC will not review thisthe registration statement or (II) that we may request acceleration of the effectiveness of thisthe registration statement. We also agreed to use our commercially reasonable efforts to keep the registration statement effective until the earliest to occur of (i) the disposition of all Considerationthe Topping Unit Shares, (ii) the availability under Rule 144 for each holder of Considerationthe Topping Unit Shares to immediately freely resell such ConsiderationTopping Unit Shares without notice, current information, manner of sale or volume restrictions or (iii) the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement.

The registration statement required by the Topping Unit Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the SEC on December 21, 2018.

USOR Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the USOR Acquisition, we entered into the USOR Registration Rights Agreement with Trailstone Seller. Under the USOR Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to file with the SEC within five (5) days after the closing date of the USOR Acquisition and to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective a registration statement relating to the resales of 2,363,776 shares of our common stock issued in connection with the USOR Acquisition (the “USOR Shares”), with an effectiveness deadline as promptly as practicable after filing of the prospectus relating to the registration statement, but in no event later than (x) sixty (60) days after the closing of the USOR Acquisition, or (y) if earlier, five (5) business days after the on which this prospectus formsthe SEC informs us (I) that the SEC will not review the registration statement or (II) that we may request the effectiveness of the registration statement and we make such request.

If we do not fulfill our obligations under the USOR Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the filing deadline, effectiveness deadline or effectiveness period of a part isregistration statement that does not relate to an underwritten registration or a piggyback registration, we will be required to pay the holders of the USOR Shares liquidated damages. In addition, the USOR Registration Rights Agreement provides the holders of the USOR Shares with certain customary demand, shelf takedown and piggyback registration rights, subject to certain exceptions and to certain customary limitations (including with respect to minimum offering size and maximum number of demands and underwritten shelf takedowns).

The registration statement required by the terms ofUSOR Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the Topping Unit Purchase Agreement.SEC on January 16, 2019.

Listing

Our common stock is quoted on the NYSE under the symbol “PARR.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company is the transfer agent and registrar for our common stock.

LEGAL MATTERSDESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

General

We may, at our option, elect to have shares of preferred stock be represented by depositary shares. The shares of any series of the preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be deposited under a separate deposit agreement between us and a bank or trust company selected by us as the depositary. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable interest in the number of shares of preferred stock underlying such depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying such depositary share, including dividend, voting, redemption, conversion, exchange and liquidation rights.

The validitydepositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the deposit agreement, each of which will represent the applicable interest in a number of shares of a particular series of the preferred stock described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Unless otherwise specified in this prospectus supplement, a holder of depositary shares is not entitled to receive the shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares.

Dividends and Other Distributions

The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the preferred stock to the record holders of depositary shares representing such preferred stock in proportion to the numbers of such depositary shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date.

In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary shares entitled thereto or the depositary may, with our approval, sell such property and distribute the net proceeds from such sale to such holders.

Redemption of Depositary Shares

If preferred stock underlying the depositary shares is subject to redemption, the depositary shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received by the depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole or in part, of the preferred stock held by the depositary. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the aggregate redemption price payable with respect to the number of shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares. Whenever we redeem preferred stock from the depositary, the depositary will redeem as of the same redemption date a proportionate number of depositary shares representing the shares of preferred stock that were redeemed. If less than all the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot, pro rata or by another equitable method as may be determined by us.

After the date fixed for redemption, the depositary shares so called for redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of the depositary shares will cease, except the right to receive the redemption price payable upon such redemption. Any funds deposited by us with the depositary for any depositary shares which the holders thereof fail to redeem shall be returned to us after a period of two years from the date such funds are so deposited.

Voting

Upon receipt of notice of any meeting or action in lieu of any meeting at which the holders of any shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in such notice to the record holders of the depositary shares relating to such preferred stock. Each record holder of such depositary shares on the record date (which will be the same date as the record date for the preferred stock) will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the

number of shares of preferred stock underlying such holder’s depositary shares. The depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the number of shares of preferred stock underlying such depositary shares in accordance with such instructions, and we will agree to take all action which may be deemed necessary by the depositary in order to enable the depositary to do so.

Amendment of the Depositary Agreement

The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the deposit agreement may at any time be amended by agreement between us and the depositary, provided, however, that any amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the existing holders of depositary shares will not be effective unless such amendment has been approved by at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding.

Charges of Depositary

We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges that arise solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. We will pay charges of the depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the preferred stock and any exchange or redemption of the preferred stock. Holders of depositary shares will pay all other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges, and, in addition, such other charges as are expressly provided in the deposit agreement to be for their accounts.

Miscellaneous

We, or at our option, the depositary, will forward to the holders of depositary shares all reports and communications from us which we are required to furnish to the holders of preferred stock.

Neither the depositary nor we will be liable if either of us is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstances beyond our control in performing our obligations under the deposit agreement. Our obligations and those of the depositary under the deposit agreement will be limited to performance in good faith of our duties thereunder and we and the depositary will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any depositary share or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity has been furnished. We and the depositary may rely upon written advice of counsel or accountants, or information provided by persons presenting preferred stock for deposit, holders of depositary shares or other persons believed to be competent and on documents believed to be genuine.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary; Termination of the Deposit Agreement

The depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so, and we may at any time remove the depositary, any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. Such successor depositary will be appointed by us within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal. The deposit agreement may be terminated at our direction or by the depositary if a period of 90 days has expired after the depositary has delivered to us written notice of its election to resign and a successor depositary has not been appointed. Upon termination of the deposit agreement, the depositary will discontinue the transfer of depositary receipts, will suspend the distribution of dividends to the holders thereof, and will not give any further notices (other than notice of such termination) or perform any further acts under the deposit agreement except that the depositary will continue to deliver preferred stock certificates, together with such dividends and distributions and the net proceeds of any sales of rights, preferences, privileges or other property in exchange for depositary receipts surrendered. Upon our request, the depositary shall deliver all books, records, certificates evidencing preferred stock, depositary receipts and other documents relating to the subject matter of the depositary agreement to us.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares, purchase contracts or units that are registered pursuant to the registration statement to which this prospectus relates. We may issue warrants independently or together with other securities that are registered pursuant to the registration statement to which this prospectus relates. Warrants sold with other securities may be attached to or separate from the other securities. We will issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement between us and a warrant agent that we will name in the prospectus supplement. We will describe additional terms of the warrants and the applicable warrant agreements in the applicable prospectus supplement.

General

If warrants are offered, the prospectus supplement relating to a series of warrants will include the specific terms of the warrants, including:

the offering price;

the title of the warrants;

the aggregate number of warrants offered;

the dates or periods during which the warrants can be exercised;

whether the warrants will be issued in individual certificates to holders or in the form of global securities held by a depositary on behalf of holders;

the designation and terms of any securities with which the warrants are issued;

if the warrants are issued as a unit with another security, the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the other security will be separately transferable;

if the exercise price is not payable in U.S. dollars, the foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the exercise price is denominated;

any terms, procedures and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange or exercise of the warrants;

any special tax implications of the warrants or their exercise;

any antidilution provisions of the warrants;

any redemption or call provisions applicable to the warrants; and

any other terms of the warrants.

Transfers and Exchanges

A holder will be able to exchange warrant certificates for new warrant certificates of different denominations, or to transfer warrants, at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement. Prior to exercise, holders of warrants will have none of the rights of holders of the underlying securities.

Exercise

Holders will be able to exercise warrants up to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the date set forth in the prospectus supplement as the expiration date.

After this time, unless we have extended the expiration date, the unexercised warrants will be void.

Subject to any restrictions and additional requirements that may be set forth in a prospectus supplement, holders of warrants may exercise them by delivering to the warrant agent at its corporate trust office the following:

warrant certificates properly completed; and

payment of the exercise price.

As soon as practicable after the delivery, we will issue and deliver to the indicated holder the securities purchasable upon exercise. If a holder does not exercise all the warrants represented by a particular certificate, we will also issue a new certificate for the remaining number of warrants.

No Rights of Security Holder Prior to Exercise

Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants, and will not be entitled to:

in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the debt securities purchasable upon exercise; or

in the case of warrants to purchase equity securities, the right to vote or to receive dividend payments or similar distributions on the securities purchasable upon exercise

Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Warrants

Each warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the relevant warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for any warrantholder. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility if we default in performing our obligations under the relevant warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any legal proceedings or to make any demand upon us.

Title

We and the warrant agents and any of our respective agents may treat the registered holder of any warrant certificate as the absolute owner of the warrants evidenced by that certificate for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the warrants so requested, despite any notice to the contrary.

DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

We may issue subscription rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, other securities described in this prospectus or any combination thereof. These subscription rights may be issued independently or together with any other security offered by us and may or may not be transferable by the securityholder receiving the subscription rights in such offering. In connection with any offering of subscription rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other investors pursuant to which the underwriters or other investors may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed for after such offering.

To the extent appropriate, the applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of the subscription rights to purchase shares of our securities offered thereby, including the following:

the date of determining the securityholders entitled to the subscription rights distribution;

the price, if any, for the subscription rights;

the exercise price payable for the common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares or other securities upon the exercise of the subscription right;

the number of subscription rights issued to each securityholder;

the amount of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares or other securities that may be purchased per each subscription right;

any provisions for adjustment of the amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the subscription rights or of the exercise price of the subscription rights;

the extent to which the subscription rights are transferable;

the date on which the right to exercise the subscription rights shall commence, and the date on which the subscription rights shall expire;

the extent to which the subscription rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities;

the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement entered into by us in connection with the offering of subscription rights;

any applicable federal income tax considerations; and

any other terms of the subscription rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange and exercise of the subscription rights.

DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS

We may issue purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, a specified number, or amount, of securities at a future date or dates. The purchase contracts may be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a purchase contract and an underlying debt or preferred security covered by this prospectus, U.S. Treasury security or other U.S. government or agency obligation. The holder of the unit may be required to pledge the debt, preferred security, U.S. Treasury security or other U.S. government or agency obligation to secure its obligations under the purchase contract.

If purchase contracts are offered, the prospectus supplement will specify the material terms of the purchase contracts, the units and any applicable pledge or depository arrangements, including one or more of the following:

the stated amount that a holder will be obligated to pay under the purchase contract in order to purchase the underlying security;

the settlement date or dates on which the holder will be obligated to purchase the underlying security and whether the occurrence of any events may cause the settlement date to occur on an earlier date and the terms on which any early settlement would occur;

the events, if any, that will cause our obligations and the obligations of the holder under the purchase contract to terminate;

the settlement rate, which is a number that, when multiplied by the stated amount of a purchase contract, determines the number, or amount, of securities that we will be obligated to sell and a holder will be obligated to purchase under that purchase contract upon payment of the stated amount of that purchase contract;

whether the purchase contracts will be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a purchase contract and an underlying debt or preferred security with an aggregate principal amount or liquidation amount equal to the stated amount;

the type of security, if any, that is pledged by the holder to secure its obligations under a purchase contract;

the terms of the pledge arrangement relating to the security, including the terms on which distributions or payments of interest and principal on the security will be retained by a collateral agent, delivered to us or be distributed to the holder; and

the amount of the contract fee, if any, that may be payable by us to the holder or by the holder to us, the date or dates on which the contract fee will be payable and the extent to which we or the holder, as applicable, may defer payment of the contract fee on those payment dates.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of one or more shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, subscription rights, purchase contracts or any combination of such securities, including guarantees ofnon-convertible debt securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:

the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be separately traded;

the terms and conditions applicable to the units, including a description of the terms of any applicable unit agreement governing the units; and

a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units.

FORMS OF SECURITIES

We may issue the debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units of any series in the form of one or more fully registered global securities that will be deposited with a depositary or with a nominee for a depositary and registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee. In that case, one or more global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal or face amount of outstanding registered securities of the series to be represented by such global securities. Unless and until the depositary exchanges a global security in whole for securities in definitive registered form, the global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or by the depositary or any of its nominees to a successor of the depositary or a nominee of such successor.

The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion of a series of securities to be represented by a global security will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements.

Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to persons that have accounts with the depositary for such global security known as “participants” or persons that may hold interests through such participants.

Upon the issuance of a global security, the depositary for such global security will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principal or face amounts of the securities represented by the global security beneficially owned by the participants. The accounts to be credited shall be designated by any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of such securities.

Ownership of beneficial interests in such global security will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary for such global security (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons holding through participants). The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in global securities.

So long as the depositary for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of such global security, such depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities represented by such global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by such global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for the global security and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement. We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to give or take any action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement, the depositary for such global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take such action, and such participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to give or take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.

Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on debt securities, and any payments to holders with respect to warrants, purchase contracts or units represented by a global security registered in the name of a

depositary or its nominee will be made to such depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such global security. None of us, the trustees, the warrant agents, the unit agents or any of our other agents, agent of the trustees or agent of the warrant agents or unit agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

We expect that the depositary for any securities represented by a global security, or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, interest or other distribution of underlying securities or commodities to holders in respect of such global security, will immediately credit participants’ accounts in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in such global security as shown on the records of such depositary or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global security held through such participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such participants.

If the depositary for any securities represented by a global security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and we do not appoint a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days, we will issue such securities in definitive form in exchange for such global security. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have any of the securities of a series represented by one or more global securities and, in such event, will issue securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for all of the global security or securities representing such securities. Any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a global security will be registered in such name or names as the depositary shall instruct the relevant trustee, warrant agent or other relevant agent of ours. We expect that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in such global security.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell our securities from time to time through underwriters, dealers or agents or directly to purchasers, in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. We may also sell our securities upon the exercise of subscription rights that may be distributed to security holders. We may use these methods in any combination.

We will describe the terms of the offering of the securities in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or any related free writing prospectus, including:

the name or names of any underwriters, if any;

the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will receive from the sale;

any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation;

any initial public offering price;

any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

Only underwriters we name in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or any related free writing prospectus are underwriters of the securities offered thereby.

The distribution of securities may be effected, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including:

block transactions (which may involve crosses) and transactions on the New York Stock Exchange or any other organized market where the securities may be traded;

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to a prospectus supplement;

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

sales “at the market” to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise; and

sales in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including direct sales to purchasers.

By Underwriters

We may use an underwriter or underwriters in the offer or sale of our securities.

If we use an underwriter or underwriters, the offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account.

We will include the names of the specific managing underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriters, and the terms of the transactions, including the compensation the underwriters and dealers will receive, in the prospectus supplement.

The underwriters will use this prospectus and the prospectus supplement to sell our securities.

We may also sell securities pursuant to one or more standby agreements with one or more underwriters in connection with the call, redemption or exchange of a specified class or series of any of our outstanding securities. In a standby agreement, the underwriter or underwriters would agree either:

to purchase from us up to the number of shares of common stock that would be issuable upon conversion or exchange of all the shares of the class or series of our securities at an agreed price per share of common stock; or

to purchase from us up to a specified dollar amount of offered securities at an agreed price per offered security, which price may be fixed or may be established by formula or other method and which may or may not relate to market prices of our common stock or any other outstanding security.

The underwriter or underwriters would also agree, if applicable, to convert or exchange any securities of the class or series held or purchased by the underwriter or underwriters into or for our common stock or other security.

The underwriter or underwriters may assist in the solicitation of conversions or exchanges by holders of the class or series of securities.

By Dealers

We may use a dealer to sell our securities.

If we use a dealer, we, as principal, will sell our securities to the dealer.

The dealer will then resell our securities to the public at varying prices that the dealer will determine at the time it sells our securities.

We will include the name of the dealer and the terms of our transactions with the dealer in the prospectus supplement.

If we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities they commit to purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager to manage a subscription rights offering for us.

By Agents

We may designate agents to solicit offers to purchase our securities.

We will name any agent involved in offering or selling our securities and any commissions that we will pay to the agent in the prospectus supplement.

Unless we indicate otherwise in the prospectus supplement, our agents will act on a best efforts basis for the period of their appointment.

Our agents may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities Act of any of our securities that they offer or sell.

By Delayed Delivery Contracts

We may authorize our agents and underwriters to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase our securities at the public offering price under delayed delivery contracts.

If we use delayed delivery contracts, we will disclose that we are using them in the prospectus supplement and will tell you when we will demand payment and delivery of the securities under the delayed delivery contracts.

These delayed delivery contracts will be subject only to the conditions that we set forth in the prospectus supplement.

We will indicate in the prospectus supplement the commission that underwriters and agents soliciting purchases of our securities under delayed delivery contracts will be entitled to receive.

Direct Sales

We may directly solicit offers to purchase our securities, and we may directly sell our securities to institutional or other investors, including our affiliates. We will describe the terms of our direct sales in the prospectus supplement. We may also sell our securities upon the exercise of rights which we may issue.

General Information

Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of our securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act, and any discounts or commissions they receive and any profit they make on the resale of the offered securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Any underwriters or agents will be identified and their compensation described in a prospectus supplement. We may indemnify agents, underwriters and dealers against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or make contributions to payments they may be required to make relating to those liabilities. Our agents, underwriters and dealers, or their affiliates, may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.

Each series of securities offered by this prospectus (other than common stock) may be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom securities offered by this prospectus are sold by us for public offering and sale may make a market in the securities offered by this prospectus, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any securities offered by this prospectus.

Representatives of the underwriters through whom our securities are sold for public offering and sale may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, syndicate short covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a syndicate short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the offered securities so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.

Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the offered securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the representative of the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the offered securities originally sold by such syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. Such stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the offered securities to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of such transactions. These transactions may be effected on a national securities exchange and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for, us and our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

Fees and Commissions

In compliance with the guidelines of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, the aggregate maximum discount, commission or agency fees or other items constituting underwriting compensation to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker-dealer will not exceed 8% of any offering pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials; however, it is anticipated that the maximum commission or discount to be received in any particular offering of securities will be less than this amount.

If 5% or more of the net proceeds of any offering of securities made under this prospectus will be received by a FINRA member participating in the offering or affiliates or associated persons of such FINRA member, the offering will be conducted in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby will be passed uponon for us by Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, Texas. The validity of issuance of certain of the offered securities and other matters arising under Hawaii law are being passed upon by Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP, Honolulu, Hawaii. The validity of issuance of certain of the offered securities and other matters arising under Wyoming law are being passed upon by Holland & Hart LLP. The validity of issuance of certain of the offered securities and other matters arising under Washington law are being passed upon by Perkins Coie LLP. Any underwriters will be advised about other issues relating to any offering by their own legal counsel.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and the related financial statement schedule incorporated in this prospectus by reference from Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the effectiveness of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The financial statements of Laramie Energy, LLC as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the three years ended December 31, 2017, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of TrailStone NA Asset Finance I, LLC as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, included in our Current Report on Form8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2018, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon, included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The information incorporated by reference into this prospectus regarding estimated quantities of our proved reserves, the future net revenues from those reserves and their present value is based, in part, on estimates of reserves and future net revenue as of December 31, 2017, that were prepared by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., an independent petroleum engineering firm. These estimates are aggregated and the sums incorporated by reference into this prospectus in reliance upon the authority of the firm as an expert in these matters.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

This prospectus forms a part of a registration statement on FormS-3 we filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information found in the registration statement. For further information regarding us and our common stock, you may desire to review the full registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules, filed under the Securities Act, as well as our proxy statement, annual, quarterly and other reports and other information we file with the SEC. Such reports and other information can be inspected and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of these documents at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at its Washington, D.C. address. Please call the SEC at1-800-SEC-0330 for further information. Our filings are also available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed by us can be inspected at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New; York 10002. We maintain a website at www.parpacific.com. On the investors page of that site, we provide access to our SEC filings free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC. Our registration statement, of which this prospectus constitutes a part, can be downloaded from the SEC’s website or from our website. The information on our website or on any other website is not incorporated in this prospectus by reference and you should not consider it part of any offering.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to the documents containing such information. Information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:

Our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2018, and portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 29, 2018, incorporated by reference therein (FileNo. 001-36550);

Our Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2018, for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2018, and for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on November 7, 2018 (FileNo. 001-36550);

A description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form8-A, filed with the SEC on July 16, 2014 (FileNo. 001-36550); and

Our Current Reports on Form8-K or Form8-K/A, filed with the SEC on January 9, 2018, February 14, 2018, March 6, 2018, March 7, 2018, March 23, 2018, March 27, 2018, May 9, 2018, May 10, 2018, May 14, 2018, July 20, 2018, July 27, 2018, August 8, 2018 (two filings), August 30, 2018, November 7, 2018 (two filings), November 27, 2018, November 30, 2018, December 7, 2018, December 11, 2018, December 13, 2018 and December 20, 2018 (FileNo. 001-36550) (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or any corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01, of any such Current Report on Form8-K).

All documents filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or any corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01, on any Current Report on Form8-K) after the date of this initial registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement and after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated into this prospectus by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such document.

Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

This prospectus incorporates documents by reference that are not delivered with this prospectus. Copies of these documents, other than the exhibits to the documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents), are available upon written or oral request, at no charge, from us. Requests for such copies should be directed to Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., 825 Town & Country Lane, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77024, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone number: (281)899-4800.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14.

Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth the various expenses, all of which will be borne by Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”),us, in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered.registered, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions. All amounts shown are estimates except for the SECSecurities and Exchange Commission registration fee.

 

SEC registration fee

  $2,021 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

  $15,375.00 

Accounting fees and expenses

  $25,000   $50,000.00 

Legal fees and expenses

  $25,000   $50,000.00 

Printing and engraving expenses

  $10,000   $10,000.00 

Miscellaneous

  $10,000   $5,000.00 
  

 

   

 

 

Total

  $72,021   $130,375.00 
  

 

   

 

 

 

Item 15.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The general effect of the following is to provide indemnification to officers, directors and control persons for liabilities that may arise by reason of their status as officers, directors or control persons, other than liabilities arising from willful or intentional misconduct, acts or omissions not in good faith, unlawful distributions of assets or transactions from which the officer, director or control person derived an improper benefit.

Delaware General Corporation Law

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) permits a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action.

In an action brought to obtain a judgment in the corporation’s favor, whether by the corporation itself or derivatively by a stockholder, the corporation may only indemnify for expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the corporation may not indemnify for amounts paid in satisfaction of a judgment or in settlement of the claim. In any such action, no indemnification may be paid in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation except as otherwise approved by the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the claim was brought. In any other type of proceeding, the indemnification may extend to judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such other proceeding, as well as to expenses (including attorneys’ fees).

The statute does not permit indemnification unless the person seeking indemnification has acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of criminal actions or proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. There are additional limitations applicable to criminal actions and to actions brought by or in the name of the corporation. The determination as to whether a person seeking indemnification has met the required standard of conduct is to be made (i) by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested members of the board of directors, (ii) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, if such a quorum does not exist or if the disinterested directors so direct, or (iii) by the stockholders.

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As permitted by the DGCL, the Company’s bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against certain liabilities that they may incur in their capacities as directors, officers, employees and agents. Furthermore, the Company’s certificate of incorporation indemnifies its directors, officers, employees, and agents, together referred to as the Authorized Representatives, against certain liabilities arising on or after August 31, 2012, the effective date of the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Delta Petroleum Corporation and Its Debtor Affiliates, dated August 16, 2012, to the extent

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such Authorized Representatives acted in good faith and in a manner such Authorized Representatives reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such Authorized Representatives’ conduct was unlawful. The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors providing for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted under the DGCL. The Company has director and officer liability insurance policies that provide coverage of up to $10 million.

As permitted by the DGCL, the bylaws of U.S. Oil & Refining Co. and Par Petroleum Finance Corp. provide that U.S. Oil & Refining Co. and Par Petroleum Finance Corp., respectively, will indemnify its officers and directors against certain liabilities they may incur in their capacities as directors and officers.

Delaware Limited Liability Company Act

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, or the Delaware LLC Act, provides that, subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, as are described in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Limited Liability Company Agreements of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Hawaii Shared Services, LLC, Par Wyoming, LLC and Par Pacific Hawaii Property Company, LLC provide that, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware LLC Act, each manager and officer of each company will be entitled to indemnification for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such person in good faith on behalf of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Hawaii Shared Services, LLC, Par Wyoming, LLC or Par Pacific Hawaii Property Company, LLC, as applicable, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such person; provided, however, that any indemnity will be provided exclusively out of and to the extent of the assets of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Hawaii Shared Services, LLC or Par Wyoming, LLC, as applicable. The Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Hermes Consolidated, LLC provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a person or entity, by reason of the fact that such person or entity is or was a member or manager of Hermes Consolidated, LLC, shall be entitled to indemnification for any expenses, attorneys’ fees, court costs, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement or other losses incurred or suffered and advance expenses incurred in connection defending or otherwise participating in an action, suit or proceeding. The Limited Liability Company Agreements of each of EWI LLC, Par New Mexico LLC, Par Utah LLC and Par Washington LLC, all of which are managed by their sole member, Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., provide that the sole member of each company is entitled to indemnification, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware LLC Act, for any loss, damage or claim incurred by the sole member in good faith on behalf of EWI LLC, Par Petroleum, LLC, Par New Mexico LLC, Par Utah LLC or Par Washington LLC, as applicable, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on the sole member; provided, however, that any indemnity will be provided exclusively out of and to the extent of the assets of EWI LLC, Par Petroleum, LLC, Par New Mexico LLC, Par Utah LLC or Par Washington LLC, as applicable. The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Par Tacoma, LLC provides that Par Tacoma, LLC shall indemnify its members, managers and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

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Hawaii Business Corporation Act

Section 414-242 of Chapter 414, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Hawaii Business Corporation Act, or the HBCA, provides that a corporation may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because the individual is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

the individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and the individual reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity, that the individual’s conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, and (ii) in all other cases, that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful; or

the individual engaged in conduct for which broader indemnification has been made permissible or obligatory under a provision of the corporation’s articles of incorporation.

To the extent that a director is wholly successful in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director was a director of the corporation, the corporation is required bySection 414-243 of the HBCA to indemnify such director for reasonable expenses incurred thereby.

UnderSection 414-244 of the HBCA, a corporation, before final disposition of a proceeding, may advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding because the director is a director of the corporation if the director delivers certain written affirmations and certain undertakings. Under certain circumstances, underSection 414-245 of the HBCA, a director may apply for and obtain indemnification or an advance for expenses to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction.

Further, underSection 414-246 of the HBCA, indemnification may be made only as authorized in a specific proceeding upon a determination that indemnification is permissible because a director has met the relevant standard of conduct, with such determination to be made:

if there are two or more “disinterested directors” (as defined inSection 414-241 of the HBCA) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of all of the disinterested directors;

by special legal counsel; or

by a majority vote of the shareholders.

Under the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Par Hawaii, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation, Par Hawaii, Inc. is obligated to indemnify any officer or director who was, is or is threatened to be made a party to a proceeding because such officer or director is an officer or director of Par Hawaii, Inc. against liability incurred in the proceeding if (a) the officer or director conducted himself or herself in good faith, and (b) the officer or director reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct of official capacity, that the officer’s or director’s conduct was in the best interests of Par Hawaii, Inc., and (ii) in all other cases, that the officer’s or director’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of Par Hawaii, Inc., and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the officer or director had no reasonable cause to believe the officer’s or director’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, is not, of itself, determinative that the officer or director did not meet the relevant standard of conduct required under the Amended and Restated Bylaws.

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Bylaws,Section 414-242(d) of the HBCA, which restricts a corporation from indemnifying a director, absent a court order, in connection with proceedings by or in the right of the corporation or with respect to conduct for which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that the director received a financial benefit to which the director was not entitled, will not apply unless it is determined that such indemnification was not proper as provided under the Amended and Restated Bylaws.

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The Amended and Restated Bylaws obligate Par Hawaii, Inc. to indemnify an officer or director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the officer or director was a party because the officer or director was an officer or director, respectively, of Par Hawaii, Inc., against reasonable expenses incurred by the officer or director in connection with the proceeding. In other situations, a Hawaii Corporation will indemnify the director or officer only if authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made that indemnification is permissible because the director or officer has met the relevant standard of conduct. This determination will be made:

if there are two or more “disinterested directors” (as inSection 414-241 of the HBCA), by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of all of the disinterested directors of the Hawaii Corporation;

by special legal counsel;

by a majority vote of the shareholders of the Hawaii corporation; or

in accordance withSection 414-245 of the HBCA, by the court conducting the proceeding or another court of competent jurisdiction upon application made by the officer or director who is a party to the proceeding because such officer or director is an officer or director of the Hawaii Corporation.

The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that expenses incurred by a director or officer who is a party to a proceeding shall be paid by Par Hawaii, Inc. in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of (i) a written affirmation of the officer’s or director’s good faith belief that the officer or director has met the relevant standard of conduct described in the Amended and Restated Bylaws or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated under a provision of Par Hawaii, Inc.’s Articles of Incorporation, and (ii) the officer’s or director’s written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if the officer or director is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under the Amended and Restated Bylaws and it is ultimately determined under the Amended and Restated Bylaws that the officer or director has not met the relevant standard of conduct described therein. The officer or director seeking indemnification hereunder must give Par Hawaii, Inc. notice as soon as practicable of any claim made against the officer or director for which indemnification will or could be sought thereunder.

Any indemnification pursuant to the Amended and Restated Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled, both as to action in a person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding the office, and shall continue as to the person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such a person.

Par Hawaii, Inc. may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is a director or officer of such Hawaii Corporation, or who, while a director or officer of Par Hawaii, Inc., serves at Par Hawaii, Inc.’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity, against any liability asserted against or incurred by the director or officer in that capacity or arising out of the director’s or officer’s status as a director of officer, whether or not Par Hawaii, Inc. would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to the director or officer against such liability under.

Hawaii Uniform Limited Liability Company Act

Section 428-303 of Chapter 428, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Hawaii Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, or the Hawaii LLC Act, provides that a member or manager of a Limited Liability Company shall not be personally liable for any debt, obligation, or liability of the company solely by reason of being or acting as a member or a manager of the company. The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreements of Par Hawaii Refining, LLC (formerly known as Hawaii Independent Energy, LLC) and HIE Retail, LLC provide that, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware LLC Act, each manager and officer of Par Hawaii Refining, LLC and HIE Retail, LLC will be entitled to indemnification for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such

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person in good faith on behalf of Par Hawaii Refining, LLC or HIE Retail, LLC, as applicable, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such person; provided, however, that such person will not be entitled to indemnification for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct of such person and any indemnity will be provided exclusively out of and to the extent of the assets of Par Hawaii Refining, LLC or HIE Retail, LLC, as applicable.

Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act

Section 17-29-408 of the Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act, or the Wyoming LLC Act, provides that a limited liability company shall indemnify for any debt, obligation or other liability incurred by a member of a member-managed company or a manager of a manager-managed company in the course of the member’s or manager’s activities on behalf of the company, if, in incurring such debt, obligation or other liability, the member or manager complied with the duties stated in the Wyoming LLC Act. The Wyoming LLC Act also provides that a limited liability company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a member or manager of the company against liability asserted against or incurred by the member or manager in that capacity or arising from that status. The Limited Liability Company Agreement of Wyoming Pipeline Company, LLC is silent with regards to indemnification of members or managers.

Washington Business Corporation Act

Section 510 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent to a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal (for the purposes of this Item 15, a “proceeding”) because the individual is or was a director against the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan), or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding incurred in the proceeding if the individual acted in good faith and the individual believed, in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity with the corporation, that the individual’s conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, and, in all other cases, that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, and in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful. A corporation may not indemnify a director under Section 510 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation or in connection with any other proceeding charging improper benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in the director’s official capacity, in which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the director.

Section 520 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act provides that, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent to a proceeding to which the director was party because of being a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

Section 540 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act provides that, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director of a corporation who is party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification or advancement of expenses to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 570 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act provides that, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, an officer of a corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 520 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under Section 540 of Chapter 23B.08 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, in each case to the same extent as a director.

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The Articles of Incorporation of McChord Pipeline Co. provide that McChord Pipeline Co. will indemnify its officers and directors against certain liabilities they may incur in their capacities as directors and officers

Washington Limited Liability Company Act

Section 25.15.041 of the Washington Limited Liability Company Act provides that a limited liability company may indemnify any member or manager from and against any judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or expenses incurred in a proceeding or obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses incurred in a proceeding to which a person is a party because such person is, or was, a member or a manager, provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify a member or a manager from or on account of acts or omissions of the member or manager finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law by the member or manager, or conduct of the member or manager adjudged to be in violation of Section 25.15.231 of the Washington Limited Liability Company Act. The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of USOT WA, LLC provides that USOT WA, LLC will indemnify its members, managers, officers and employees to the full extent permitted under the Washington Limited Liability Company Act.

 

Item 16.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

  1.1Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
  2.1  Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Delta Petroleum Corporation and Its Debtor Affiliates dated August  13, 2012. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K filed on September 7, 2012.****
  2.2  Contribution Agreement, dated as of June  4, 2012, among Piceance Energy, LLC, Laramie Energy, LLC and the Company. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on June 8, 2012.****
  2.3  Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December  31, 2012, by and among the Company, SEACOR Energy Holdings Inc., SEACOR Holdings Inc., and Gateway Terminals LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report onForm  8-K filed on January 3, 2013.****
  2.4  Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as ofat June  17, 2013, by and among Tesoro Corporation, Tesoro Hawaii, LLC and Hawaii Pacific Energy, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013, filed on August 14, 2013.****
  2.5  Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June  2, 2014, by and among the Company, Bogey, Inc., Koko’oha Investments, Inc., and Bill D. Mills, in his capacity as the Shareholders’ Representative. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014, filed on August 11, 2014.
  2.6  Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September  9, 2014, by and among the Company, Bogey, Inc., Koko’oha Investments, Inc. and Bill D. Mills, in his capacity as the shareholders’ representative. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on September 10, 2014.
  2.7  Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December  31, 2014, by and among Par Petroleum Corporation, Bogey, Inc., Koko’oha Investments, Inc. and Bill D. Mills, in his capacity as the shareholder’s representative. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on January 7, 2015.
  2.8  Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March  31, 2015, by and among the Company, Bogey, Inc., Koko’oha Investments, Inc. and Bill D. Mills, in his capacity as the shareholders’ representative. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on April 2, 2015.****

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Exhibit
No.

Description of Exhibit

  2.9  Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of June  14, 2016, between Par Wyoming, LLC and Black Elk Refining, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report onForm8-K filed on June 15, 2016.****
  2.10  First Amendment to Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of July  14, 2016, between Par Wyoming, LLC and Black Elk Refining, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on July 15, 2016.****
  2.11  Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of November  26, 2018, among Par Petroleum, LLC, TrailStone NA Oil & Refining Holdings, LLC, and solely for certain purposes specified therein, the Company. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K/A filed on November 30, 2018.****#

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Exhibit
No.

Description of Exhibit

  4.1

  2.12
  

Amendment No. 1 to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January  11, 2019, among Par Petroleum, LLC, TrailStone NA Oil & Refining Holdings, LLC and Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on January 14, 2019.

  4.1Form of the Company’s Common Stock Certificate. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K filed on March 31, 2014.

  4.2Stockholders Agreement dated April  10, 2015, by the Company. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
  4.3  Registration Rights Agreement effective as of August  31, 2012, by and among the Company, Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., Waterstone Capital Management, L.P., Pandora Select Partners, LP, Iam Mini-Fund 14 Limited, Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP, Whitebox Credit Arbitrage Partners, LP, HFR RVA Combined Master Trust, Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Partners, LP and Whitebox Asymmetric Partners, LP. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K filed on September 7, 2012.
  4.34.4  First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December  19, 2018, by and among the Company and the holders party thereto.* Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s registration statement on FormS-3.
  4.44.5Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September  25, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K filed on September 27, 2013.
  4.6  Warrant Issuance Agreement dated as of August  31, 2012, by and among the Company and WB Delta, Ltd., Waterstone Offshore ER Fund, Ltd., Prime Capital Master SPC, GOT WAT MAC Segregated Portfolio, Waterstone Market Neutral MAC51, Ltd., Waterstone Market Neutral Master Fund, Ltd., Waterstone MF Fund, Ltd., Nomura Waterstone Market Neutral Fund, ZCOF Par Petroleum Holdings, L.L.C. and Highbridge International, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K filed on September 7, 2012.
  4.54.7  Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated as of June 4, 2012. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on September 7, 2012.
  4.64.8  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s registration statement on FormS-8 filed on May 18, 2018.+**
  4.74.9  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on FormS-8 filed on May 18, 2018.+**

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  4.8

Exhibit
No.

  Registration Rights Agreement dated as

Description of September  25, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K filed on September 13, 2013+.

  4.9Stockholders Agreement dated April 10, 2015, by the Company. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit  4.1 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.

  4.10  Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 21, 2016, between Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner  & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the initial purchasers. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on June 22, 2016.
  4.11  Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July  14, 2016, by and among Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. and the purchasers party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on July 15, 2016.
  4.12  First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September  27, 2016, by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereof. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q filed on November 4, 2016.
  4.13  Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September  30, 2016, by and among the Company and the holders party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.15 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q filed on November 4, 2016.
  4.14  Third Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October  7, 2016, by and among the Company and the holders party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to the Company’s Quarterly Report filed on November 4, 2016.

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Exhibit
No.

Description of Exhibit

  4.15

  

Fourth Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October  14, 2016, by and among the Company and the holders party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report filed on November 4, 2016.

  4.16  Fifth Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October  21, 2016, by and among the Company and the holders party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report filed on November 4, 2016.
  4.17  Sixth Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October  28, 2016, by and among the Company and the holders party thereto. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to the Company’s Quarterly Report filed on November 4, 2016.
  4.18  Indenture, dated June  21, 2016, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on June 22, 2016.
  4.19  Indenture, dated December  21, 2017, among Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum Finance Corp., the Guarantors (as defined therein), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Trustee. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on December 22, 2017.
  4.20  First Supplemental Indenture, dated November 20, 2018, among Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum Finance Corp., the Guarantors (as defined therein), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.21 to the Company’s registration statement on FormS-3 filed on December 21, 2018.
  4.21Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January  11, 2019, among Par Tacoma, LLC (f/k/a TrailStone NA Asset Finance I, LLC, U.S. Oil & Refining Co., McChord Pipeline Co., Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum Finance Corp., Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on January 14, 2019.
  4.22Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December  19, 2018, by and between the Company and IES Downstream, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on December 20, 20182018..

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Exhibit
No.

Description of Exhibit

  4.214.23  First Supplemental Indenture,Registration Rights Agreement dated November  20, 2018, among Par Petroleum, LLC, Par Petroleum Finance Corp.,as of January 11, 2019, by and between the Guarantors (as defined therein),Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee.TrailStone NA Oil  & Refining Holdings, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed on January 14, 2019.
  4.24Form of Senior Indenture. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on FormS-3 filed on June 1, 2015 (FileNo. 333-204597).
  4.25Form of Subordinated Indenture. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to the Company’s Registration Statement on FormS-3 filed on June 1, 2015 (FileNo. 333-204597).
  4.26Form of Senior Debt Security.*
  4.27Form of Subordinated Debt Security.*
  4.28Form of Warrant Agreement, including form of Warrant.*
  4.29Form of Subscription Rights Agreement and Form Subscription Rights Certificate.*
  4.30Form of Purchase Contract.*
  4.31Form of Unit Agreement.*
  4.32Form of Pledge Agreement.*
  4.33Form of Deposit Agreement.*
  4.34Form of Depositary Share.*
  4.35Form of Guarantee.*
  5.1  Opinion of Porter Hedges LLP with respect to legality of the securities, including consent.***
  5.2Opinion of Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP with respect to legality of the securities, including consent.***
  5.3Opinion of Holland & Hart LLP with respect to the legality of the securities, including consent.***
  5.4Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP with respect to the legality of the securities, including consent.***
23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP as to Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.***
23.2  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP as to Laramie Energy, LLC.***
23.3  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.***
23.4  Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.***
23.5  Consent of Porter Hedges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
23.6Consent of Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.7Consent of Holland & Hart LLC (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.8Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
24.1  Power of Attorney (contained in signature pages).
25.1FormT-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee under the Senior Indenture.***
25.2FormT-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture.***

 

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Par Pacific will file as an exhibit to a current report on Form8-K (i) any underwriting agreement relating to securities offered hereby, (ii) the instruments setting forth the terms of any depositary shares, warrants, subscription rights, purchase contracts or units, (iii) any additional required opinion of counsel to Par Pacific as to the legality of the securities offered hereby or (iv) any required opinion of counsel to Par Pacific as to certain tax matters relative to securities offered hereby.

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**

Management contracts and compensatory plans.

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Filed herewith.

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Schedules and similar attachments to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of RegulationS-K. The Company will furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the SECSecurities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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Confidential treatment has been requestedgranted for portions of this exhibit. Omissions are designated with brackets containing asterisks. As part of our confidential treatment request, a complete version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the SEC.

 

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Item 17.

UndertakingsUndertakings..

(a) The undersigned registrantregistrants hereby undertakes:undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided,however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that:

(A)

paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in the reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424 that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) If the registrants are relying on Rule 430B:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of

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the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such

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securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fide offering thereof.Provided, however,, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

(ii) If the registrants are subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(b)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants’ annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such

(c)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of theSEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on December 20, 2018.February 5, 2019.

 

PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ William Pate

 William Pate,
 President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

  

Chief Executive Officer and President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

 December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Ivan Guerra

Ivan Guerra

  

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Melvyn N. Klein

Melvyn N. Klein

  Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Robert S. Silberman

Robert S. Silberman

  Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Curtis Anastasio

Curtis Anastasio

  Director December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

 

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Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Timothy Clossey

Timothy Clossey

Director

February 5, 2019

/s/ L. Melvin Cooper

L. Melvin Cooper

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

/s/ Walter A. Dods, Jr.

Walter A. Dods, Jr.

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

/s/ Katherine Hatcher

Katherine Hatcher

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

TEXADIAN ENERGY, INC.

By:

/s/ J. Matthew Vaughn

J. Matthew Vaughn,

Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of Texadian Energy, Inc. hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Texadian Energy, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

President, Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

HIE RETAIL, LLC
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of HIE Retail, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable HIE Retail, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Jim Yates

Jim Yates

President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR HAWAII REFINING, LLC
By:/s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Par Hawaii Refining, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Par Hawaii Refining, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

Executive Vice President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Richard Creamer

Richard Creamer

Vice President and ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

EWI LLC

PAR UTAH LLC

PAR NEW MEXICO LLC

PAR PICEANCE ENERGY EQUITY LLC

PAR WASHINGTON LLC

By:PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.,
Sole Member of each of the foregoing
By:/s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable EWI LLC, Par Utah LLC, Par New Mexico LLC, Par Piceance Energy Equity LLC, and Par Washington LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Ivan Guerra

Ivan Guerra

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

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Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Melvyn N. Klein

Melvyn N. Klein

Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors

February 5, 2019

Robert S. Silberman

Chairman of the Board of DirectorsFebruary 5, 2019

/s/ Curtis V. Anastasio

Curtis V. Anastasio

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

/s/ Timothy Clossey

Timothy Clossey

  Director December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ L. Melvin Cooper

L. Melvin Cooper

  Director December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Walter A. Dods, Jr.

Walter A. Dods, Jr.

  Director December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

  Director December 20, 2018February 5, 2019

/s/ Katherine Hatcher

Katherine Hatcher

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR PETROLEUM, LLC

PAR PACIFIC HAWAII PROPERTY

COMPANY, LLC

By:/s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Par Petroleum, LLC and Par Pacific Hawaii Property Company, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Par Petroleum, LLC and Par Pacific Hawaii Property Company, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR HAWAII, INC.
By:/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone,

Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of Par Hawaii, Inc. hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Par Hawaii, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Jim Yates

Jim Yates

President and Secretary and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

MID PAC PETROLEUM, LLC
By:PAR HAWAII, INC.,
its Sole Member
By:/s/ William Monteleone
William Monteleone,
Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers to enable Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Jim Yates

Jim Yates

President

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Vice President

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR HAWAII SHARED SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Par Hawaii Shared Services, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Par Hawaii Shared Services, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Vice President and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

HERMES CONSOLIDATED, LLC
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Hermes Consolidated, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Hermes Consolidated, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Eric Wright

Eric Wright

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

WYOMING PIPELINE COMPANY LLC
By: HERMES CONSOLIDATED, LLC,
its Sole Member
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers of Wyoming Pipeline Company LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers to enable Wyoming Pipeline Company LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR WYOMING HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Par Wyoming Holdings, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Par Wyoming Holdings, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President, CEO and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR WYOMING, LLC
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Par Wyoming, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Par Wyoming, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ William Pate

Joseph Israel

President, CEO and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Vice President and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

PAR PETROLEUM FINANCE CORP.
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of Par Petroleum Finance Corp. hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Par Petroleum Finance Corp. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Pate

William Pate

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of January, 2019.

PAR TACOMA, LLC
USOT WA, LLC
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and managers of Par Tacoma, LLC and USOT WA, LLC hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable Par Tacoma, LLC and USOT WA, LLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Manager

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Brady Winder

Brady Winder

ManagerFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

U.S OIL & REFINING CO.
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of U.S. Oil & Refining Co. hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable U.S. Oil & Refining Co. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Cameron Proudfoot

Cameron Proudfoot

President

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

/s/ Brady Winder

Brady Winder

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on the 5th day of February, 2019.

MCCHORD PIPELINE CO.
By: /s/ J. Matthew Vaughn
J. Matthew Vaughn,
Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We the undersigned officers and directors of McChord Pipeline Co. hereby, severally constitute and appoint William Pate, William Monteleone and J. Matthew Vaughn, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on FormS-3 filed herewith and any and allpre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable McChord Pipeline Co. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel

President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ William Monteleone

William Monteleone

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 5, 2019

/s/ Brady Winder

Brady Winder

DirectorFebruary 5, 2019

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